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Although only separated by one letter, the words ‘rout’ and ‘route’ sound different when spoken....
One letter separates ‘tortuous’ and ‘torturous’ in terms of spelling. To make matters more confusing,...
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‘A’ and ‘an’ are the two versions of the indefinite article. The pause that ‘an’...
It doesn’t look good to use ‘less’ when you should be using ‘fewer’. For example,...
One letter separates these words in spelling, yet confusing them would mean using a verb...
The identical-sounding words ‘phase’ and ‘faze’ are often confused despite one being spelled with an...
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Mixing up ‘lay’ and ‘lie’ is so common that many people don’t know there’s a...
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Hyphens and dashes look very similar, so it is easy to mix them up. There...
The words ‘horde’ and ‘hoard’ sound identical, but they have different spellings and meanings. One...
Is there a difference between ‘afflict’ and ‘inflict’? It depends on point of view. Someone...
Often, in the English language, matters are complicated by words that look or sound similar,...
Deciding whether to use ‘infer’ or ‘imply’ in your writing can be tricky, as the...