New post: e.g. vs i.e.
The Latin abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are sometimes confused. This post explains how to use them (e.g.., not mix them up).
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/e-g-vs-i-e

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New post: Everyday vs. Every Day
There are some words we see every day that are sometimes used closed and sometimes open — like everyday and every day. When do we use which of these? In short, we do an everyday thing every day.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/everyday-vs-every-day

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New post: Everyday vs. Every Day
There are some words we see every day that are sometimes used closed and sometimes open — like everyday and every day. When do we use which of these? In short, we do an everyday thing every day.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/everyday-vs-every-day

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New post: Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure vs. Secure
How do we make some thing or event certain? Do we assure it, ensure it, insure it, or secure it? It depends, but I assure you that you’ll be better able to pick the right word after reading this post.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure-vs-secure

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New post: Assure vs. Ensure vs. Insure vs. Secure
How do we make some thing or event certain? Do we assure it, ensure it, insure it, or secure it? It depends, but I assure you that you’ll be better able to pick the right word after reading this post.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure-vs-secure

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New post: Compliment vs. Complement
Do you compliment someone or complement them? Both could be right. These two words are often confused or typoed into each other. I added them to my checklist in PerfectIt a couple of years ago after seeing them mixed up in three manuscripts by three different authors in one week.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/compliment-vs-complement

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New post: Synapsis vs. Synapses
A while back, I ran into some confusion over synapsis and synapses in a paper I was editing. This post untangles how these are used.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/synapsis-vs-synapses

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New post: Synapsis vs. Synapses
A while back, I ran into some confusion over synapsis and synapses in a paper I was editing. This post untangles how these are used.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/synapsis-vs-synapses

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New post: Palet vs. Pallet vs. Palate vs. Palette
Today, I have a four-way confusable: palet, pallet, palate, and palette all mean different things, and they’re easily typoed into each other. This post has some notes on picking the right spelling.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/palet-vs-pallet-vs-palate-vs-palette

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New post: Palet vs. Pallet vs. Palate vs. Palette
Today, I have a four-way confusable: palet, pallet, palate, and palette all mean different things, and they’re easily typoed into each other. This post has some notes on picking the right spelling.
https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/palet-vs-pallet-vs-palate-vs-palette

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New post: The words “premise” and “premises” are often confused, especially in the phrase “on premises.” Part of that confusion, I think, is that “premises” is the plural of “premise,” but it also has a different meaning that’s only seen in the plural form.

Read more: https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/premise-vs-premises/

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New post: The words “premise” and “premises” are often confused, especially in the phrase “on premises.” Part of that confusion, I think, is that “premises” is the plural of “premise,” but it also has a different meaning that’s only seen in the plural form.

Read more: https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/usage/premise-vs-premises/

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A common confusable, shared in the latest newsletter of the Associated Press Stylebook:

Biannual means twice a year and is a synonym for the word semiannual. Biennial means every two years.

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