These are two that are actually less mixed up than they used to be. Affect is to affect something, while one thing has...
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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...
Grammar Wednesday: TENSES — Present tense
Here's the next series! Tenses! I'm thinking four posts in this one, at least for the main four things people...
Grammar Wednesday: Pet Peeves and Americanisms
It is not OK. It is okay. ** It is not alright. It is all right. *** It is not wanna, gonna, coulda, shoulda, woulda....
Grammar Wednesday: Spelling and Grammar errors–mental_floss
So...since it is finals week for me, and I am still working like mad on this queer migration paper. This is your...
Sirena N. Robinson
Check this out! Sirena is awesome and will end up published one day. I'm sure of that. Next week, I will be...