Quiet, Quite
Quiet, Quite
The opposite of quiet is disquiet.
Quiet means silence, no sound, not noisy, not loud. An adjective, its superlatives are quiet, quieter, and quietest.
Children,...
Advice, Advise, Advisory, Adviser or Advisor
Advice, Advise, Advisory, Adviser or Advisor
Following a spell of unusual mood swings, the husband has decided to seek advice from a psychiatrist though his...
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...
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...
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...
To, Too, Two
To, Too, Two
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity, more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness....
Ascent, Assent; Descent, Dissent, Accent
Ascent, Assent; Descent, Dissent, Accent
“Humanity peaks at times when societies rise from decadence to a highly sophisticated state of civilization. Eventually, however, most...
Whose, Who’s
Whose, Who’s
Whose and who’s are similar in their usage like his and he’s respectively.
Who owns Internet? Whose property is Internet infrastructure? No one owns...
See, Saw, Sawed, Sawn
See, Saw, Sawed, Sawn
“Kochu Maria sawed up the rest of the cake messily, laboriously, breathing through her mouth, as though she was carving a...
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