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Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Effect v Affect
These are two that are actually less mixed up than they used to be. Affect is to affect something, while one thing has...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – It’s v Its
There was no Grammar Wednesday last week due to Thanksgiving and travel. This week we'll focus on what that is...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Apart v A part
There is a massive issue when these two are mixed up, mainly because they mean the complete opposite. She stood apart...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Peek v Peak v Pique
These are fun ones and are very often misused. I think the easiest way to differentiate is to just write sentences...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Lead v Led
While lead is a word that would be used in a sentence, it is not the past tense of "to lead." Lead is actually a...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Patience v Patients
It has honestly surprised me how many times I have seen this one mixed up. I'm not sure if it's because of just random...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Faze v Phase
Tricky bugger! You can phase out of something and not have it faze you. That's how this one works. EXAMPLES The star...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Reek v Wreak
This is a rather easy one to figure out. One can wreak havoc with things that reek. =P Reek is a smell, nasty, but a...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Awhile v A while
Now this one is confusing for a lot of people. "Awhile" as one word basically means "For a while" with two words...so...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Then v Than
These are two that get mixed up ALL the time, and it annoys me to no end. They mean very different things and can...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Defiantly v Definitely
These are two words that I do see mixed up on occasion. It might just be typos, but I figured it'd be better to...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Passed v Past
Here's two that get mixed up often...I even get confused on it. Passed is an action, used primarily with people...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Gentle v Genteel v Gentile
Here's a three-fer. Gentle means to be nice, to be kind and soft and comforting. Genteel means to be polite and...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups — Lightning v Lightening
Good morning folks! I almost forgot that today is Wednesday. My life has been a bit crazy this week. This week we're...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups – Who vs. Whom
So I might be cheating a little bit this week. Throughout moving, school starting, work starting, and some medical...
Grammar Wednesday: Word Mixups — Further vs Farther
I recently read a book, not to be named, where the author could NOT figure out the difference between further and...
Grammar Wednesday: TENSES — future
This is the rarest of all for an entire story/novel to be written in. However, there are often sections that require...
Grammar Wednesday: TENSES — something that happened
This is where it gets confusing for people. When writing in present tense about something that happened in the past....
Grammar Wednesday: TENSES — past tense
Hey ya'll! This is my preferred tense to write in. I love it! To me, even when speaking, stories are told in the past...