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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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How to Remember 'Affect' and 'Effect'

 

A simple way to keep them apart. (Most of the time.)

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How to Use a Dictionary

 

The best way to find information in the dictionary

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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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Quiz: Find the Missing Link Figure out the word that fits both halves of the ...
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