Do labels make you tense?
Honestly, I really did see these somewhere.
label not lable
tense not tents – not relaxed
Even more easily-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
More easily-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
Easily 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
A stitch in time saves nine
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)
It is a complete list of the authors
et al. literally means and others
It is an abbreviation for the Latin et alii so there is only a period at the end.
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
"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.
What a difference one letter can make
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