Thanks, fellow writers, for the fun little 10-word stories you posted. Call me easy to entertain, but I enjoy reading things like that.
There's something satisfying about watching the creativity of others come to life. Yanno? It's mentally invigorating.
So let's do another little brain stretch that doesn't have to do with tiny story writing, but rather with words that are easily and often mixed up. Do you know the difference between the following pairs of words? Can you come up with some others to add to the list?
Am I being really anal?
Ahem:
compliment and complement
dual and duel
farther and further
throws and throes
between and among
ensure and insure
???
then and than
ReplyDeleteare and our
descent and dissent
principle and principal
cannon and canon
faint and feint
acclamation and acclimation
serf and surf
canvas and canvass
sari and sorry
vain and vein
jam and jamb
irregardless and regardless
Okay...I feel like a complete and total word geek now. :S
Geeks rule! Love the list.
ReplyDeleteSo tell me: Is it "faint of heart" or "feint of heart," and why?
lose or loose is one I see when editing other people's work...
ReplyDeleteAnd for some reason, just_me, that one drives me particularly nuts!
ReplyDeleteOoh. Me too. Hate "loose" for "lose."
ReplyDeleteDo the apostrophe catastrophes count? Like your/you're and it's/its?
Also, have/of, as in "he must of known" for "he must have known."