Taut, Taught, Taunt, (Tautology & Tautonym)
Taut, Taught, Taunt
“He had the high cheekbones of the Indian race in his blood, the skin taut and faintly redolent of vermilion as if...
Desert, Dessert
Desert, Dessert
Desert and dessert demand attentiveness when you write (type) them because even the spellchecker cannot identify what you have meant; and both the...
Bear, Bare
Bear, Bare
“When you’re putting together the text for your store, there are certain aspects of writing for the web that you should bear in...
Born, Borne
Born, Borne
What is the past tense and past participle of bear? Bear-bore-born/borne. Borne and born are used as the past participles of bear. However,...
Theology, Trolleology, Trolleyology
Troll, Trolls, Trolling
Theology, Trolleology, Trolleyology
You know, theology: study of religions, formal study of nature of God, study of the foundations of religious beliefs, and...
Consul, Councillor, Counsel, Counsellor
Consul, Councillor, Counsel, Counsellor
Lawyers may not act as marriage counsellors but they definitely act as divorce counsels!
Consul was an elected office in Roman Republic,...
Grisly, Gristly, Grizzly
Grisly, Gristly, Grizzly
Can you tolerate a grizzled human being dining on gristle and watching grisly movies?
Audience can be sensitive to watch gristly details of...
Jealous, Zealous
Jealous, Zealous
“Jealousy is … a tiger that tears not only its prey but also its own raging heart.” –Michael Beer.
Jealous is a variant of...
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books...
Hoard, Horde; Heard, Herd
Hoard, Horde; Heard, Herd
Some people are known to hoard gold.
What do you hoard? If nothing, if you are in a small horde of liberate...
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