Healthful / Healthy Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: HEALTHFUL / HEALTHY The […]
Hardly / Never Hardly / Not Hardly Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: HARDLY / NEVER HARDLY […]
Hanged / Hung Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: HANGED / HUNG People […]
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — Not Lay NOTE: I first published this article a year and a half ago, but I have just come across the misuse of the verb “to lay” to […]
Gourmand / Gourmet Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: GOURMAND / GOURMET As […]
Foreword / Preface Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FOREWORD / PREFACE These […]
Forego / Forgo Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FOREGO / FORGO The […]
Flounder / Founder Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FLOUNDER / FOUNDER We […]
Flaunt / Flout Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: FLAUNT / FLOUT The […]
Farther / Further Since I started paying close attention to such things around five years ago, I can say that for the fifth year in a row, the […]