Dumb and dumber become more stupid
dumb and stupid have different forms for their superlatives*:
dumb
dumber
dumbest
stupid
more stupid
most stupid
Never use stupider or stupidest.
*The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending “-est” to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting “most” before it. — Wiktionary
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The anonymous vote was unanimous
anonymous means an author of unknown name
unanimous means complete agreement within a group
These could sound similar so be sure to choose the correct one.
A noteworthy thing is about to happen
eminent means noteworthy
imminent means about to happen
The spelling difference is found at the beginning:
imminent
eminent
Not using good grammar and so forth
Do not use and etc in a sentence.
et cetera is Latin for and so forth and is abbreviated etc.
If you use the word and before the word etc it would mean and and so forth.
It is common to use and so forth instead of etc.
Please coordinate those conjunctions!
Use either but or yet but not both together
Use either and or yet but not both together
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The couple had a couple of great ideas
couple must be followed by of unless it refers to two people
There are a couple of bright kids in the class.
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Did Esther produce the ester?
Esther is a female name
ester is chemical compound
I do not and she does not like spiders
don’t is the same as do not
doesn’t is the same as does not
I don’t like grammar mistakes in a blog.
He doesn’t like grammar mistakes in a blog.
It doesn’t look good to have grammar errors in a blog.
Grammar errors in a blog don’t look good.
"Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord
avenge means to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party
revenge means personal retaliatory action
vengeance means revenge taken for an insult, injury or other wrong
vengeful means wanting vengeance
Here comes the judge
Should the word judgment have the word judge within?
Only when writing British English.
judgment is the preferred American English spelling
judgement is the preferred British English spelling
The related word judging does not contain judge.