Commonly Confused Words: Amount vs. Number vs. Quantity In the words of Meghan Trainor, “it’s all about that noun.” At least, I think that’s what she said. If you can’t seem to figure out when to use amount vs. number vs. quantity when writing content, a good place to...
Commonly Confused Words: Addition vs. Edition Writers love to play with homophones; for example, consider this sentence: “Charles looked for years to find the perfect addition to his first edition history book collection.” Yes, words that sound alike but...
Commonly Confused Words: All Ready vs. Already Even though I didn’t get much sleep last night and have already been working all morning, I am still motivated to write this article. Having turned on the space heater in my downstairs office and put on my hooded...
Commonly Confused Words: Fewer vs. Less Comedic singer-songwriters aren’t usually high on my list of go-to references for grammar rules. Still, “Weird Al” Yankovic got a lot of them right in “Word Crimes.” He sings, “You should know when it’s less or it’s fewer.” This...
Commonly Confused Words: Like vs. Such As Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. The Boston Red Sox vs. The New York Yankees. Like vs. such as. Some battles are just legendary. Others are about grammar, so let’s make this syntax showdown quick and painless, OK? Like...
Commonly Confused Words: Passed vs. Past One of the best things about the English language is that some pairs of words sound identical, right? Wrong. From pray and prey to there, they’re, and their, these homophones, if you’re like me, probably make you a little...
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