Using Contractions in Formal Writing: Acceptable or Not? What are contractions in writing? Contractions are the abbreviated forms of word combinations, such as “don’t” for “do not” or “isn’t” for “is not.” Contractions are like an appendix; they’re not that pretty,...
Commonly Confused Words: So vs. Sew vs. Sow Once upon a time in a land far away, I was a high school English teacher. When reading essays, I saw many instances of students mixing up homophones in their writing. Homophones can be especially difficult to differentiate...
Commonly Confused Words: Allusion vs. Illusion Allusion vs. illusion can often cause confusion because these words not only sound very similar when spoken, they are almost identically spelled in writing. However, allusion and illusion refer to two very different...
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