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Commonly Confused

Its vs. It's

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine

 

'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.

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Who vs. Whom

 

Good news for those who feel stuffy saying 'whom.'

Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Weather Words Can you handle the (barometric) pressure?
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