inconvenience: (noun) a situation that causes trouble or difficulty; something that is not easily accessible or at a suitable time; something that doesn’t meet your needs incontinence: (noun) inability to control the release of urine or fecal matter from your body It may surprise you how often these two words …
duck: (noun) a type of waterbird; meat from that waterbird; a heavy cotton or linen fabric used to make sails and duck tape, now called duct tape unless referring specifically to the brand Duck Tape ® duct: (noun) an enclosed channel that allows the passage of a substanceFor example: heating …
you’re: (subject pronoun + verb) contraction of you are
your: (possessive pronoun) shows that you own something;
it belongs to you
yore: (noun) a time long ago
The term yore is not commonly used anymore except in Christmas carols and some literary contexts. It is preceded by the preposition “of” and is used in expressions like days of yore or knights of yore.
Some people like to put apostrophes into words where they aren’t necessary, but others don’t want to be bothered with the extra keystroke. If you leave the apostrophe out of ill, it will look sickly. 🤪
I’ll: (subject pronoun + verb) contraction of I will
ill: (adjective) unwell, sick;
(adverb) badly, hardly;
(noun) harm, misfortune
aisle: (noun) a passage between rows of seats or between shelves
isle: (noun) island
aile: (noun) French for wing
Unless you are talking about French birds or airplanes, you need an S in your word. If you are talking about the Emerald Isle (St. Patrick’s Day is coming), you do not need an A in isle.
palate: (noun) roof of the mouth; preference in taste or flavour palette: (noun) the board used by artists for their paints; the range of colours used in art or makeup; (adjective) used with the word “knife” to describe a tool used by an artist to spread paint pallet: (noun) a …
March 4th is National Grammar Day because it is the only date that is also a complete sentence. How will you celebrate? forth: (adverb) forward or outward from a starting point fourth: (adjective, noun) ordinal number; number four in a series; (noun) 25% of the whole
Every now and then it is good to test your skills. How many muddles can you find in this note?
If you are going to try to impress a woman for Valentine’s Day, you might want to be careful about this one. For example, don’t say “For the women I love” unless that’s really what you mean. woman: (noun) ONE singular female human women: (noun) MORE THAN ONE female human
cloth: (noun) fabric; material made by joining fibres cloths: (noun, plural) small pieces of cloth, often used for washing clothe: (verb) to put garments on; to dress clothes: (noun, plural) garments; items you wear, usually made of cloth; (verb) the third person singular form of the verb to clothe
