Sympathy vs. Empathy: We’re About to Get Emotional
As an editor, I feel real sympathy—or do I mean empathy?—for writers wrangling with the complexities of English grammar—including figuring out sympathy vs. empathy—and which is better suited…
Meteor vs. Meteorite: An Impactful Difference
Look up at the night sky. Hurry, or you’ll miss it. What’s that streak of light flashing through the inky blackness of space? A…
There vs. Their: Location, Location, Location
There vs. their is one of the most common linguistic bar fights in the English language. The two words are pronounced exactly the same way…
What Is an Appositive?
Sometimes it seem like grammar is full of stuffy, stodgy terms. What is a participle, for example? What the heck does antecedent mean? What’s an…
Awhile vs. a While: A Wily Writer’s Guide to Using While Well
Once in a while, I like to sit awhile on my front porch, whiling away a free hour or two while drinking some lemonade.…
A Potentially Nauseating Grammar Question: Nauseous vs. Nauseated
If you’re not feeling well, are you feeling nauseous or nauseated? The nauseous vs. nauseated issue is often confusing because of how each word’s…
How to Write a Book Title
“Never judge a book by its cover,” they say—yet almost everyone does. And one of the main things readers judge is the book’s title. For…
Imply vs. Infer: How to Infer the Difference
I don’t want to make any offensive implications, but I’m going to infer that since you’re reading this, you get confused by the question of…
Biennial vs. Biannual: Two Words, Twice the Meaning
Biennially, I make sure to review the difference between biennial and biannual. Otherwise, I’ll get confused more than biannually! By the end of this…
Well vs. Good: Using Good Grammar to Write Well
Most people understand the difference between good vs. evil—a trickier subject is the distinction between well vs. good. For two positive words, well and…
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