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Features

• Underlying and underlining — two different words, completely different meanings

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• Hawk or hock?

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• Acronyms and initialisms ending in “s” and possession

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• Do you write well or good?

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• “myriad” or “a myriad of”?

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• A piece or apiece?

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• Is that heart-rending or heart-rendering?

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• “One in three has” or “one in three have?”

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• Crisis, crises, crisies

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• Would you care to commentate — or will commenting do?

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• Is that on everyone’s mind or on everyone’s minds?

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• What does “welp” mean — and why do we say it?

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• Which is correct — codenamed or code-named?

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• What’s the difference between a product and a solution?

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• Supersede or supercede?

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• There are two ways—and two ways ONLY—that you can correctly refer to yourself as “myself”

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• To the manor born or to the manner born?

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• Confusing jargon: Throw it over the wall

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• Ingenuous or ingenious — what’s the difference?

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• Santa Claus’s sleigh or Santa Claus’ sleigh?

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• Can you give more than 100 percent?

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• Ad hoc, ad hock, add hoc, add hock?

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• The difference between racking your brain and wracking your brain

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• Coopted or co-opted?

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• Bane (or bain) of my existence?

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• The difference between “aw” and “awe”

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• Halloween (or Hallowe’en) history, trivia and a quiz

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• Is that a FAQ list or an FAQ list?

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• Accomodate or accommodate?

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• 1990’s or 1990s?

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• Personal affects or personal effects?

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• Nail it vs. hit it on the head vs. nail it on the head

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• Criteria is or criteria are?

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• Do respect vs. due respect

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• Which is correct — alterior or ulterior?

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• Which is correct — a URL or an URL?

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• To whit or to wit?

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• Is that your conscious or your conscience that’s guilty? Are you self-conscious or self-conscience?

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• Plural of request for proposal

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• 8 a.m. or 8:00 a.m.?

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• Is it inethical or unethical?

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• Which is correct — missuse or misuse?

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• Chuck it up, chalk it up or chock it up?

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• Faster or fastest?

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• Articles, acronyms and initialisms — use “a” or “an”?

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• Was that a worldwind or a whirlwind?

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• If a deadline’s moved forward is it earlier or later?

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• ‘Tis the season or t’is the season?

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• Do we really need words like “decisioning”?

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• Things you can do when you get to a bridge: Cross, burn or jump

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• Prefer to, prefer than or prefer over?

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• lowdown, low down or low-down

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• Which is correct — guage or gauge?

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• Writing for Business – first come, first served or first-come-first-served?

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• The plural of “OS”

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• Laptop or labtop? I’m not even kidding.

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• Which is correct — long standing or long-standing?

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• Me, myself, I — which is correct?

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• “Where” vs. “in which” (Part II)

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• Nip it in the butt or in the bud?

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• Defiantly or definitely? Definately?

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• Font of wisdom or fount of wisdom?

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• Most stupid or stupidest? Rules, and exceptions to them, for comparatives and superlatives

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• Differentiate vs. Distinguish – Which is correct?

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• Test your metal or mettle?

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• Express permission or expressed permission?

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• Which is correct — like minded or like-minded?

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• If you’ve got more than one of them, are they computer mice or mouses?

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• Neither has or neither have?

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• Tie me over vs. tide me over; also: the importance of fact-checking

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• “As good or better than” is as bad as, if not worse than…

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• A homage or an homage?

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• Expedite or expediate?

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• “Awhile” or “a while?”

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• What’s the difference between software, programs and applications?

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• Nice segway — or nice segue?

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• ‘Twas the night before Christmas — or should that be “t’was”?

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• Is that a C change or a sea change?

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• Writing for business — a majority is or a majority are?

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• ingenuous vs. disingenuous

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• Pricing — is it competitive, aggressive or predatory?

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• The difference between “someday” and “some day”

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• Low and behold? Lo and behold?

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• Wherever or where ever?

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• Are you unphased or unfazed?

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• Which is correct – traveler or traveller?

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• Can you use “between” when you’re talking about more than two things?

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• Good-bye, good-by, goodbye, goodby?

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• Forecast or forecasted?

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• Bare in mind or bear in mind?

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• Born out or borne out?

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• Fair well or fare well?

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• Does a question mark go inside or outside of quotation marks?

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• Easier or more easily – Which is correct?

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• Is that six month’s, six months’ or six months worth?

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• “Here, here” or “hear, hear?”

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• Based off or based on – Which is correct?

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• Is that your queue to leave or your cue to leave?

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• What’s the past tense of spin — spinned, span or spun?

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• Which is correct — roll back or rollback?

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