Stationary / Stationery
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: STATIONARY / STATIONERY Stationary […]
Tag: misused words
Sleight / Slight
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SLEIGHT / SLIGHT These […]
Single / Singular
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SINGLE / SINGULAR These […]
Shrank / Shrunk
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SHRANK / SHRUNK Far […]
Segue / Segway
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SEGUE / SEGWAY You […]
Riffle / Rifle
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: RIFFLE / RIFLE We […]
Reign / Rein
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: REIGN / REIN Each […]
Principal / Principle
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PRINCIPAL / PRINCIPLE The […]
Farther / Further
For the fourth year in a row, the most often misused word I noted in my reading this past year was further to mean farther. I […]
Prescribe / Proscribe
Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: PRESCRIBE / PROSCRIBE These […]