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Word Choice: Deprecate vs. Depreciate

One letter can be the only difference in spelling between two words with importantly distinct...

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Word Choice: Nauseous vs. Nauseated

The English language has always changed with use, so these days most dictionaries treat ‘nauseous’...

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Word Choice: Then vs. Than

It’s easy to get ‘then’ and ‘than’ mixed up if English isn’t your first language,...

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Word Choice: Hear vs. Here

As much as we love the English language, it is a bit confusing sometimes. ‘Hear’...

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Word Choice: Cent, Scent or Sent?

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation, but different spellings and/or meanings. The English language...

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Word Choice: Rational vs. Rationale

It’s common for words that share an origin to be similar in spelling. ‘Rational’ and...

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Word Choice: Where, Were or We’re?

The tendency in English for common words to look similar on paper is a curious...

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Word Choice: Envelope vs. Envelop

Almost everyone uses email these days, bypassing the need to write on paper and then...

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Word Choice: Peak, Peek and Pique

Usually, our Word Choice posts focus on two similar sounding words. Today, we decided to...

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Word Choice: Qualitative vs. Quantitative

‘Qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ aren’t exactly opposites, but they do describe very different research approaches used...

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Word Choice: Onto vs. On To

Some grammarians get quite worked up about ‘on to’ and ‘onto’, insisting that ‘on’ and...

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Word Choice: Loath vs. Loathe

Homonyms – words which sound and look alike but differ in meaning – are tricky...

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