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Sep 4

Do labels make you tense?

Posted on Saturday, September 4, 2010 in Misspelled words

Honestly, I really did see these somewhere.

label not lable

tense not tents – not relaxed

Aug 31

Even more easily-misspelled words

Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Misspelled words

Here are a few easily misspelled words:

restaurateur – does not contain restaurant

sacrilegious – does not contain religious

susceptible – does not contain able

temperamental – has an a between temper and mental

Aug 30

More easily-misspelled words

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 in Misspelled words

Here are a few easily misspelled words:

lieutenant – like in lieu of

plagiarism – just memorize it

pneumonia – like pneumatic

reminiscence – from reminisce which is hard to spell itself

Aug 29

Easily misspelled words

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Misspelled words

Here are a few easily misspelled words:

Caribbean – with double Bs

desiccate – with double Cs

flabbergasted – with double Bs

forfeit – an exception to the I before E except after C rule

Jun 3

A stitch in time saves nine

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Misspelled words

This phrase means that it is better to not put things off until later. In this case, if you mend a small tear you will need fewer stitches than if you wait until it is a larger tear.

stitch, stitches, stitched and stitching contain two of the letter t (not spelled stiches)

Apr 4

It is a complete list of the authors

Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2010 in Misspelled words, Punctuation

et al. literally means and others

It is an abbreviation for the Latin et alii so there is only a period at the end.

Mar 29

A noteworthy thing is about to happen

Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 in Incorrect word usage, Misspelled words

eminent means noteworthy

imminent means about to happen

The spelling difference is found at the beginning:
imminent
eminent

Mar 23

"Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord

Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in Misspelled words

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

Mar 22

Here comes the judge

Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 in Misspelled words

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.

Mar 21

What a difference one letter can make

Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 in Incorrect word usage, Misspelled words

interment means the act of burying a dead body
His remains were brought back for interment in the cemetery of his native town.

internment means confinement of foreign troops
During WWII there were internment camps in the USA for Japanese-Americans.

interment + another N = internment