Words easily confused #5
Another entry in an irregular series. past and passed. In the context in which they're often confused, past means "beyond"...
Archive for Language
Words easily confused #4
Only one word-pair today: The correct spelling of cell phone uses two Ls, just like a cell of the body....
Malaprops (words easily confused #3)
More words easily confused: rein and reign. I see these confused so often that I've sometimes gotten confused about them...
Blog glossary
One last thing for tonight: in my peregrinations earlier, I chanced across the Samizdata blog glossary. I went there to...
Slink, slank, slunk (words easily confused #2)
We've had half a dozen submissions in the past couple years that include phrases of the form "[person] slunk down...
I wish I may, I wished I might (words easily confused #1)
Warning: grammar rant. Nothing to see; move along. I've seen this at least half a dozen times in stories...
Freedom of speech
I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom...