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 […]