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...
Censer, Censor, Censure, Censorious, Censorship
Censer, Censor, Censure, Censorious, Censorship
Atheists may censure the use of censers in their households but they cannot influence censorship laws and cannot act as...
Cite, Site, Sight
Cite, Site, Sight
Cite, site and sight are homophones: similarly sounding words but with a different meaning and spelling.
Madhumita cites to the doctor that her...
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...
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,...
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...
Do, Did, Don, Done, Does
Do, Did, Don, Done, Does
“The producer and the crew looked at me in dubious-curious anticipation. Who does she think she is? Shaking her straight...
Elicit, Solicit, Illicit, Licit
Elicit, Solicit, Illicit, Licit
Political parties solicit for voters’ support but after the election the voters have to elicit for their support in getting infrastructural...
Enquire, Inquire; Enquiry, Inquiry
Enquire, Inquire; Enquiry, Inquiry
“Research is inquiry into some aspect of the physical, natural or social world. It must be systematic, critical, empirical and have...
Farther, Further, Farthing
Farther, Further
“Thomas the Apostle went east, though what is now Syria and Iran and, historians believe, on down to southern India. He traveled farther...