The Grammar Cop offers you a fun mid-season challenge. Enjoy! π
Word Confusion
Friday Follies #91 β Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time
The Grammar Cop has had it up to here, FF fans! There are just so many mistakes she sees, over and over again. Not that she expects magic to happen by pointing them out, but just maybe there will be one less boo-boo offending the eyes of people who happen to love and respect the English language, and – oh, sorry, I could rant all day. π Anyway, here are just a few of these common offences (Canadian/British spelling, thank you).
Friday Follies #76 – Guest Post
Hi all! The Grammar Cop is taking a little February breather today. So here’s a guest post by a fellow WordPress blogger, Cecilia Lewis of Lewis Editorial, who so kindly agreed to share her piece on commonly misused words with you lovely Friday Follies fans.
Friday Follies #60 β 3 mistakes that make me go βArghhhβ
Word confusion is often the result of a lack of reading. (Internet memes and rabid comments don’t count!)Β Here are a few examples caught by the Grammar Cop among the proliferation of recent political articles.
Friday Follies #39 β often-confused English words
Friday Follies is changing it up once again! This is due to the very busy week the Grammar Cop just had – which means there was less time for reading and finding gaffes for you. So instead, she will share with you a partial list of words that are often mistaken for each other, borrowed from a book I just happen to have on hand. I don’t think I’ll get sued, as I’m giving full credit* to the person who compiled the list. Here goes: