Words We Confuse that Spellcheckers Miss, Part F
Moving on to homophones that start with f. I hope these continue to be helpful. It’s amazing how many of these confused spelling words you can find when you start looking for them.
Read MoreGirl Talks Backwards (Sdrawkcab Sklat Lrig)
This young lady has a gift — useless, yes, but astonishing nonetheless. How does she do it? Does …
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Department of Redundancy Department, Part 3: When Repetition Is OK
In our previous two discussions of redundancy, we covered tautology, which is using different words to say the same …
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Shakespeare’s Most Amazing Word
The Oxford English Dictionary attributes somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 words to William Shakespeare. He was certainly among the greatest word-coiners of all time, but his most fascinating word was not actually a coinage.
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Does Formula Writing Have a Bad Rap?
Do you know the definition of “formula writing?” No? Neither did I. I’d heard of the term and held a vaguely uneasy prejudice against it. Still, it surprised me when an Essay I student’s mother accused me of teaching it.
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