by Marissa Metcalf | Mar 22, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words
Commonly Confused Words: Affect and Effect Do you want your writing to affect readers’ opinions or have some other effect? Do you find logical arguments or affective language more effective? Do the similar spellings and related meanings of affect vs effect make you...
by Beth Sederstrom | Mar 21, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
Commonly Confused Words: I.e. vs. E.g. Commonly Confused Words: I.e. vs. E.g. Why is i.e. vs. e.g. such a common source of confusion for writers? I have one big, dusty old word for you: Latin. The Breakdown of I.e. vs E.g. These two abbreviations both come from Latin,...
by Beth Sederstrom | Mar 18, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot
Commonly Confused Words: Like vs. Such As 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...
by Amy Bryan | Mar 10, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot
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, a good place to start is to define...
by Carly Palacios | Mar 10, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot
Commonly Confused Words: So vs. Sew vs. Sow 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...
by John Bishop | Feb 22, 2021 | Commonly Confused Words, GrammarSpot, Writing Tips
Commonly Confused Words: En Dash Vs. Em Dash Commonly Confused Words: En Dash Vs. Em Dash I was thrilled beyond measure when I discovered the meaning behind the terms “em” and “en” while researching this article. The em is a typography unit...
