Gray, Grey; Grayish, Greyish; Grey Area
Gray, Grey; Grayish, Greyish; Grey Area
There are about 450 shades of grey (the colour between black and white), and the human beings can see...
Bait, Bate, Bated, Baited, Bated Breath (not baited breath)
Bait, Bate, Bated, Baited, Bated Breath (not baited breath)
Mark waited for her bait with bated breath! What is that bait? Bertha was taking interminable...
Accept, Except, Exception, Excerpt, Acceptor, Excerption
Accept, Except, Exception, Excerpt
Acceptor, Excerption
As a gesture of affection, you may accept the idiosyncrasies of your dear ones except occasionally.
Do we all want...
Compose, Comprise, Constitute
Compose, Comprise, Constitute
The world is composed of different countries and cultures …
India is composed of diverse language speakers, ethnicities, castes and religions: unity in...
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
A paragraph is a unit of thought. It lays out a thought and links it to the...
Canvas, Canvass
Canvas, Canvass
Amanda: I like your canvas shoes.
Basil: You are correct but they are canvas shoes but they are called converse.
Amanda: Oh! These days canvas...
Apprise, Appraise
Apprise, Appraise
The multinational companies usually appraise the investment climate in a country including the rate of returns in the future and accordingly apprise...
Affect, Effect
Affect, Effect
“Exhortations in the style guide had no effect (noun) on the number of mistakes; the level of mistakes was not affected (verb) by...
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...
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