Cement / Concrete Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CEMENT / CONCRETE […]
Calvary / Cavalry Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CALVARY / CAVALRY These […]
Capital / Capitol Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CAPITAL / CAPITOL A […]
Can / May Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CAN / MAY Have you […]
Farther / Further For the third year in a row, the winner of the most often misused word in 2018 noted in my reading was further to mean farther. FARTHER […]
Burst / Busted BURST / BUSTED The common misuse here is substitution of the word busted to mean burst. Perhaps the confusion lies in similar definitions for these two verbs (bust, […]
Biannual / Biennial Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: BIANNUAL / BIENNIAL Since […]
Beside / Besides Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: BESIDE / BESIDES As […]
Bare / Bear Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: BARE / BEAR Since […]
Restful / Restive Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: RESTFUL / RESTIVE These […]