Scares or scares means
Scarce or scarce means
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Words that sound the same when we speak may actually be two different words--which matters when we write them down. Spellcheck cannot help with this--it will show each word and the writer has to choose--to disambiguate them, if you will. I intend to update this daily, with another set of words it is possible to confuse, beginning with the simplest and most important. Questions and comments are welcome.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
man date, mandate
Mandate or mandate ( one word ) means
Man date or man date ( two words ) means
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Man date or man date ( two words ) means
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
astern, a stern
Astern or astern ( one word ) means
A stern or a stern ( two words ) means
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A stern or a stern ( two words ) means
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Monday, January 15, 2018
cox, cocks
Cox or cox means
Cocks or cocks ( rhymes with cox ) is the plural of cock, meaning a male chicken
Cocks may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of cock, meaning to
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Cocks or cocks ( rhymes with cox ) is the plural of cock, meaning a male chicken
Cocks may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of cock, meaning to
Now that you know that, you can say --
Friday, January 12, 2018
knockout, knock out
Knockout or knockout ( one word ) means
Knock out or knock out ( two words ) means
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Knock out or knock out ( two words ) means
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
fetid, fêted
Fetid or fetid means
Fêted or fêted means
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Fêted or fêted means
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
aversion, eversion
Aversion or aversion means
Eversion or eversion means
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Eversion or eversion means
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