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Casted – Usage and Meaning
= casted has gained ground in performing arts and fishing, but many people still consider it wrong.
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Directional words
-ward vs. -wards In American English, the preferred suffix is -ward—for example, westward, forward, backward, downward. Outside American English, -wards is preferred—so, westwards, forwards, backwards, and downwards. But it’s not a clean distinction, and both suffixes are used everywhere. The -ward suffix may be placed at the end of any noun without …
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I Could Care Less – Usage & Meaning
Could care less is now an established idiom in the U.S., though it still faces resistance, and it has by no means supplanted couldn’t care less.
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What Is Chock Full? – Usage, Meaning & Examples
= full to the limit. Chalk-full is a misspelling.
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Their, them, themselves, they (as singular pronouns)
They will continue to face resistance in some circles, but they are well-established in general usage.