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: Through vs. Thru vs. Threw “Over the river and thru the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go….” Did you notice anything strange about that last sentence, besides the fact that you sang the melody in your head as you read it? Would it look...
Commonly Confused Words: Its vs. It’s and Its’ Its vs. it’s and its’ … sounds confusing right? It’s not! If there is one absolute in life, it is this: The English language is ridiculous. The guidelines often seem so arbitrarily set that I have...
Commonly Confused Words: Altogether vs. All Together The 1980 movie “Airplane!” has a famous scene in which two members of the flight crew are trying to convince a former Air Force pilot with a phobia to land the plane because the captain has food...
Commonly Confused Words: Adverse vs. Averse Although I got my undergraduate degree in English education, I am often averse to openly correcting people’s grammar. In the past, I have provoked adverse reactions from people who either didn’t realize that I...
Commonly Confused Words: Capital vs. Capitol While on vacation, have you ever had the capital idea to visit your nation’s capitol building and wander around the expansive hallways to see if any capital trials are being held there? If you are confused by the use of...
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