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• -able and -ible
• -Esque Suffix—Usage, Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• -gate Suffix
• -Holic, -Oholic, and -Aholic - Suffix, Meaning & Examples
• -Wise Suffix
• 'Monkey Business' Idiom: The Art Of Trickery and Lies
• 'Tis the season
• "Be Patient" or "Have Patience" - Meaning & Difference
• "Google" vs. "google" - Is It Capitalized?
• "Used To" Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• (Let's) Call It a Night—A Simple Phrase for Going Home
• 10 Best Books for Proofreaders and Editors
• 10 Copyediting Jobs for Every Skill Set
• 10 Tips to Improve Your Readability Score
• 11 Best Dissertation Editing Services
• 11 Best Grammarly Alternatives - Viable Free and Paid Options
• 11 Bizarre Habits of Legendary Writers That Fueled Their Genius
• 11 Tips for Editing Your Own Writing - Checklist Included
• 12 Easy Tips to Proofread Your Emails Before Hitting Send
• 15 Freelance Writing Services—From Blogs to Whitepapers
• 17 Essential Proofreading Skills and How to Improve Them
• 19 Best Book Editing Services
• 20+ Best Online Proofreading Jobs for Beginners
• 200+ Linking Words - Full List, Examples
• 21 Common Punctuation Mistakes
• 21 Reasons Why Proofreading Is Important
• 25 Hilarious Proofreading and Editing Memes
• 25 Online Editing Jobs For Freelancers
• 25 Unique Ways to Say Good Luck Without Being Cliché
• 29 Proofreading Marks and Symbols—The Key to Error-Free Writing
• 30 Common Grammar Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
• 30 Dog Idioms and Phrases - Origins and Meanings
• 47 Greetings and Salutations in French
• 49 Top Tips for Effective Proofreading
• 5 Key Mindset Shifts to Boost Your Writing Resilience
• 50+ Simple Future Tense Examples and Worksheets
• 65 Motivational Writing Quotes to Ignite Your Creative Spark
• 7 Tips on How to Punctuate a Poem
• 7 Types of Commas - Usage & Examples
• A Bed of Roses - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• A Big Ask - Idiom & Meaning
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• A Blessing in Disguise - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• A cat may look at a king
• A Close Shave - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• A day late and a dollar short
• A Dime a Dozen - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• A Far Cry From - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• A Fate Worse Than Death—The Hidden Phrase for 'Too Horrible to Bear'
• A Feather in Your Cap - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• A Fish Out of Water—A Simple Idiom for Feeling Awkward
• A Fishy Story – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• A fool and his money are soon parted
• A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed – Origin and Meaning
• A hold vs ahold
• A la (à la)
• À La Mode – Origin and Meaning in English
• A leg up
• A Lick and a Promise – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• A Light at the End of the Tunnel - Meaning, Origin & Examples
• A little and A Few Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• A Little vs. A Few - Difference, Examples
• A Lot On My Plate – How To Express Heavy Workload In English
• A Lot vs. Alot - Difference & Meaning
• A man is known by the company he keeps
• A Man of Letters - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• A means to an end
• A method in one's madness
• A miss is as good as a mile
• A New Lease on Life - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• A picture is worth a thousand words
• A Piece of Work - Meaning & Examples
• A Pound of Flesh – Origin and Meaning
• A priori
• A rolling stone gathers no moss
• A Shot in the Arm - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• A Shot in the Dark – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• A Slap In The Face - Meaning & Examples
• A Slap on the Wrist - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• A Stone's Throw—A Simple Phrase for Short Distance
• A Taste of Your Own Medicine or Dose of Your Own Medicine
• A Visit From The Stork - Idiom & Meaning
• A watched pot never boils
• A Whole Nother – Usage and Meaning
• A.D., B.C., B.C.E., C.E.
• A.M. or P.M. - How to Write Them (+ Examples)
• Abandon vs. abandonment
• Abbreviation Punctuation
• Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
• Abdicate, abnegate, abrogate
• Abhorrent vs aberrant
• Abided vs. abode
• Ability vs. capability vs. capacity
• Abject or object
• Abject vs object
• Abolishment vs. abolition
• About-face
• Above Board, Above-Board or Aboveboard
• Above one's pay grade
• Abracadabra - Usage, Origin & Meaning
• Abstruse vs. obtuse
• Abuse vs abuse
• Academic Editing—Precision in Academia
• Acapella or A Cappella – Definition and Correct Spelling
• Accell
• Accent vs accentuate
• Acceptance vs. acceptation
• Access
• Accessorize or Accessorise - Meaning & Spelling
• Accessory vs accessary
• Accidental vs incidental
• Acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize
• Accord vs. accordance
• According to Hoyle or According to Cocker - Origin & Meaning
• Ace in the Hole - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Achilles' heel
• Acid Test vs. Litmus Test - Idiom & Meaning
• Acknowledgement vs. Acknowledgment – Uses and Examples
• Acronym vs anacronym
• Across the Board - Origin & Meaning
• Action Speak Louder Than Words - Meaning & Examples
• Actualise vs actualize
• Ad hoc
• Ad Nauseam - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Ad vs. add
• Ad-lib and ad lib
• Adam's off ox
• Adapt vs adopt
• Adaptable or adaptive
• Adapter vs. adaptor
• Adaption vs. Adaptation - What's the Difference?
• Add fuel to the fire
• Add Insult to Injury - Origin & Meaning
• Addenda vs. Addendums – What's the Difference?
• Addicting vs. addictive
• Addition vs. edition
• Adduce vs educe
• Adjectives and Adverbs - Difference, Examples
• Adjectives and Adverbs Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Adjectives: Definition, Types, Examples and Quizzes
• Adjudicate
• Admittance vs. Admission - Difference & Definition
• Adolescence vs adolescents
• Adopted vs. adoptive
• Ads, adds or adze
• Advance vs. advanced
• Advent
• Adventurous vs adventuresome
• Adverbs of Frequency - Rules, List of Examples
• Adverse vs. Averse - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Advertise vs advertize
• Advice vs. Advise - Meaning, Spelling & Examples
• Adviser vs. Advisor – Which Is Correct?
• Aeon vs. eon
• Aerie vs airy
• Aeroplane vs. airplane
• Aether vs. ether
• Aetiology or etiology
• Affect vs. Effect - What's the Difference?
• Affinity vs infinity
• Afflict vs. inflict
• Affluent vs. effluent
• African-American vs. black
• Afterward vs. afterwards
• Afterward vs. afterword
• Agape vs agape
• Ageing vs. Aging – Which Is Correct?
• Agent and recipient nouns
• Aggravate - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Aggravate vs aggregate
• Aggression vs. aggressiveness
• Agnostic vs. Atheist - What's the Difference?
• Agree
• Agreement vs. Agreeance – Which Is Correct?
• Ahead of the Curve or Ahead of the Curb - Origin & Meaning
• Aid vs. Aide - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Air vs err
• Akimbo
• Alas or But Alas - Usage, Punctuation & Meaning
• Albatross Around My Neck - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Albeit
• Alcoholism vs dipsomania
• Algorithm vs logarithm
• All American or all-American
• All Bark No Bite - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• All but
• All but vs anything but vs everything but
• All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go - Origin & Meaning
• All get-out
• All good things must come to an end
• All Hands on Deck - Origin & Meaning
• All in all
• All of the Sudden vs All of a Sudden - Which is Correct?
• All Ready vs. Already - Meaning, Definition & Spelling
• All Roads Lead to Rome - Origin & Meaning
• All sizzle and no steak
• All Systems Go - Origin & Meaning
• All-around, all-round
• All's fair in love and war
• All's Well That Ends Well - Meaning & Expansion of Idea
• Allegation vs accusation
• Alleviate vs elevate
• Alley vs ally
• Alliterate, literate or illiterate
• Allude vs elude
• Allusion vs. elusion vs. illusion
• Allusive, elusive or illusive
• Alma Mater - Meaning, Spelling & Capitalization
• Alphabetic vs. alphabetical
• Altar vs. alter
• Alternate vs alternate
• Alternate vs. alternative
• Alternately vs alternatively
• Although vs. though
• Aluminium vs. aluminum
• Alumna, Alumnae, Alumni, Alumnus - What's the Difference?
• Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
• Always vs all ways
• Amalgam vs. amalgamation
• Amazeballs
• Amber vs ember
• Ambiance vs. ambience
• Ameliorate vs alleviate
• Amend vs. emend
• American
• Amiable vs. amicable
• Amok vs. amuck
• Among vs. Amongst - Difference, Usage & Examples
• Amoral vs. Immoral - What's the Difference?
• Amount vs. number
• Amphitheater vs amphitheatre
• An Arm and a Leg - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• An Englishman's home is his castle.
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
• An historic
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
• Analog vs. analogue
• Analogue vs. analogy
• Analyse vs. Analyze - Difference & Meaning
• Analyses vs analyzes
• Anathema
• Ancillary vs auxiliary
• And yet
• Anesthesia vs anaesthesia
• Angel vs. Angle - How to Remember the Difference
• Angle Bracket Symbol
• Animal Adjectives - Complete List
• Animal collective nouns
• Annex vs. annexe
• Anodyne vs analgesic
• Another think coming
• Ante- vs anti-
• Antennae vs. antennas
• Antichrist
• Antimacassar
• Anyday vs any day
• Anyone vs. Any One - Usage & Difference
• Anyplace or Any Place - Which is Correct?
• Anytime vs. Any Time - Difference, Usage & Examples
• Anyway vs. anyways
• Apart vs. A Part - Usage, Difference & Definition
• Apartment vs. Flat - What's the Difference?
• Apologise vs. apologize
• Apostle
• Apostrophe After S - Rules and Examples
• Apostrophe Rules and Punctuation Guide With Examples
• Apostrophes Before S - Rules and Examples
• Apostrophes With Names Ending in S
• Appal vs. appall
• Appeal to Authority Fallacy - Definition & Examples
• Appetizer or hors d'oeuvre
• Appetizer vs appetiser
• Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree - Origin & Meaning
• Apple of My Eye – The One Cherished Above All Others
• Apple-pie order
• Apple-Polish - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Apposite vs opposite
• Appositive Phrases and How to Use Them in a Sentence
• Apprehend vs apprehensive
• Apprehend vs comprehend
• Approbation vs approval
• Approbation vs opprobrium
• Appropriate vs appropriate
• Appropriate vs. expropriate
• April Fool's or April Fools'
• Apropos
• Arbor or arbour
• Arc vs arch
• Archaeology vs. archeology
• Are Seasons Capitalized? Examples in a Sentence
• Argumentative vs. Argumentive - What's the Difference?
• Arise or rise
• Armor vs. armour
• Around the clock, round the clock
• Around vs. round
• Arouse vs. rouse
• Arse vs. Ass – What's the Difference?
• Artefact vs. artifact
• Artesian vs artisan
• Articulate vs articulate
• As Far As - Meaning & Examples
• As per
• As pleased as Punch
• As the Crow Flies – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• As Thick As Thieves - Meaning & Origin
• As vs. Like - Difference & Examples
• As yet, as of yet
• ASAP
• Ascared - Meaning and Usage
• Ascent, ascendance, ascendancy, etc.
• Ascribe vs attribute
• Ascribe vs subscribe
• Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
• Askew vs eschew
• Asking For a Friend - Origin & Meaning
• Asleep at the Wheel or Asleep at the Switch - Idiom & Meaning
• Aspiration vs inspiration
• Aspire vs inspire
• Assignation or assignment
• Asterisk Symbol (*) - Usage and Examples
• At All Costs or At Any Cost - Idiom & Meaning
• At Face Value – A Blind Belief Or Unquestioned Acceptance?
• At loggerheads
• At Sixes and Sevens - Origin & Meaning
• At the Drop of a Hat - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• At the End of the Day - Usage & Meaning
• At Wits End - Meaning, Origin and Correct Spelling
• Ate vs. Eight - Homophones, Spelling & Meaning
• Attain vs. obtain
• Attic vs addict
• Attribute vs attribute
• Au contraire
• Au fait
• Au pair
• Aught or Aughts - Usage & Meaning
• August vs august
• Aunt vs. Ant – What's the Difference?
• Auspicious vs suspicious
• Authorise vs. Authorize – What's the Difference?
• Authoritative vs. authoritive
• Autocrit vs. ProWritingAid
• Autumn vs. fall
• Auxiliary Verbs - Uses, Examples
• Avail
• Avant-Garde – Meaning and Examples in a Sentence
• Avenge vs. Revenge vs. Vengeance - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Avocation vs. vocation
• Aw or awe
• Awaiting vs. Waiting – What's the Difference?
• Award vs reward
• Away vs a way
• Awhile vs. A While - Difference, Examples
• AWOL
• Ax vs. axe
• Axe to Grind – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Axiom, adage or epigram
• Axis vs axes
• B Line or Beeline - Origin & Meaning
• B2B Copywriting—The Future of Client Engagement
• Babe in the Woods - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bachelor’s or bachelors degree and master’s or masters degree
• Back in the day
• Back in the Saddle - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Back seat vs. backseat
• Back the Wrong Horse or Bet on the Wrong Horse
• Back to Square One - Origin & Meaning
• Back up vs. backup
• Backseat Driver - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Backstab - Definition & Examples
• Backward vs backwards
• Backyard, back yard, back-yard
• Bad Apple - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bad penny
• Bad rap vs. bad wrap
• Bae vs bay
• Bail vs. Bale - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• Bald, balled or bawled
• Balderdash - Origin, Meaning & Definition
• Ball vs. Bawl and Balling vs. Bawling - Difference & Meaning
• Baloney vs. bologna
• Ban vs. bar
• Baptise vs. baptize
• Baptism by Fire or Baptism of Fire – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah
• Barbecue vs. barbeque
• Barbed wire
• Bard vs. Barred
• Bare Bones - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bare vs. Bear - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Bark Is Worse Than One's Bite - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bark vs barque
• Barking Up the Wrong Tree - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Basal, basil, or Basel
• Base or Bass - Pronunciation & Definition
• Basis (on a daily basis, on a regular basis, etc.)
• Basis vs bases
• Bass vs bass
• Bated Breath or Baited Breath - Meaning and Origin
• Bath or Bathe - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• Bathos vs pathos
• Baton vs batten
• Batten Down the Hatches - Meaning and Origin
• Batting cleanup
• Battle royal
• Bawl out
• Be My Guest - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bean Counter - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Beat Around the Bush - Origin & Meaning
• Beat Imposter Syndrome: 7 Tips to Write with Confidence
• Beat Me to the Punch – Origin and Meaning
• Beat or beaten
• Beat vs beet
• Beating a Dead Horse—An Idiom Explaining Futile Efforts
• Beau and Belle - Difference & Meaning
• Beau vs bow
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• Bee in Your Bonnet – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Been around the block
• Beer vs bier
• Beg Off - Origin & Meaning
• Began vs. Begun - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Beggar Belief - Meaning and Origin
• Beggars can’t be choosers
• Begging the Question Fallacy - Meaning and Examples
• Begrudge
• Behalf
• Behavior vs. behaviour
• Behest vs bequest
• Behind the Eight Ball – Meaning and Origin
• Behold and beholden
• Behoove
• Belay vs belie
• Belie
• Bell the Cat (or To Bell the Cat) - Idiom & Meaning
• Bells and Whistles – Origin and Meaning
• Benchmark
• Benefit of the Doubt - Meaning, Origin & Examples
• Benefiting vs. Benefitting – What's the Difference?
• Bent or bended
• Bereaved vs. bereft
• Berth vs birth
• Bespeckled or bespectacled
• Best AI Detectors—Top Detection Tools on the Market
• Best Amazon Proofreading and Editing Jobs
• Best Collaboration Tools: Your Pathway to Streamlined Projects
• Best Grammar Checkers for 2024 - Free and Paid
• Best Laid Plans - Origin & Meaning
• Best Markdown Editor for Windows and Mac
• Best Online Proofreading & Editing Courses
• Best Plagiarism Checkers—Ensuring Originality
• Best Proofreading And Editing Software
• Best Readability Checker
• Best Writing Assistant Programs For Writers - Free and Paid
• Better Late Than Never - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Better Safe Than Sorry - Proverb, Meaning & Examples
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Origin and Meaning
• Betwixt - Usage & Meaning
• Bezel vs embezzle
• Biannual, biennial and semiannual
• Biceps and triceps
• Bid, bade, bidden
• Big Fish in a Small Pond - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Big Kahuna - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Big-ups
• Bigwig - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bill and Coo - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bill of goods
• Billed vs build
• Bimonthly and semimonthly
• Binded vs. bound
• Binge-Watch or Binge-Watching - Meaning & Examples
• Bingeing or binging
• Bingo
• Birds of a Feather Flock Together - Proverb, Origin & Meaning
• Bisect vs dissect
• Bit vs. bitten
• Bite Off More than You Can Chew - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bite or Bight - What's the Difference?
• Bite the Bullet - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bite Your Tongue - Idiom, Origin & Examples
• Bite-size or bite-sized
• Biweekly vs semiweekly
• Black out vs blackout
• Black Sheep Idiom - Meaning & Origin
• Blackmail vs extortion
• Blah Blah Blah - Origin & Meaning
• Blatant vs. flagrant
• Blather vs blabber
• Blather vs. blither
• Blaze a Trail - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Blench vs blanch
• Blessed vs. Blest - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Blew, blown, or blowed
• Blind Leading the Blind - Origin & Meaning
• Blind Side vs. Blindside - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Blitzkrieg
• Bloc vs. block
• Blockbuster - Meaning & Examples
• Blond or Blonde - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• Blood Is Thicker Than Water—Origin & Meaning
• Blow a Gasket vs. Blow a Fuse - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Blow Hot and Cold - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Blow off steam and let off steam
• Blow Someone's Cover - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Blow the Whistle - Origin & Meaning
• Blowhard and windbag
• Blowing a Raspberry or Bronx Cheer - Origin & Meaning
• Blowing up one's phone
• Blowout vs. blow out
• Blowup vs. blow up
• Blue blood
• Board vs bored
• Bob's Your Uncle Meaning and Origin
• Bobble vs bauble
• Bobbsey twins
• Bohemian
• Bokeh
• Bold as brass
• Bold-Faced Lie or Bald-Faced Lie - Meaning & Origin
• Boldface text
• Bona fide, bona fides
• Bone vs debone
• Booby hatch
• Book Proofreading Jobs and How to Land Them
• Boot camp
• Boots on the Ground - Origin & Meaning
• Bore, boor, boar
• Born with a Silver Spoon – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Borne vs. born
• Borough, burro, burrow
• Bot vs bought
• Botanic vs. botanical
• Bottom Line - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bough or bow
• Bought the Farm vs. Gone for a Burton - Origin & Meaning
• Boughten
• Bound vs. bounded
• Bounteous vs bountiful
• Bourgeois, bourgeoisie
• Bow vs bow
• Bowdlerize
• Bowl Over or Bowled Over - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bowl vs bowel
• Boy vs buoy
• Brackets in Quotes - Usage & Examples
• Brackets vs. Parentheses
• Braggart vs bragger
• Brake vs. Break - Homophones, Spelling & Difference
• Brand spanking new
• Breach, breech, broach
• Bread and Butter - Origin & Meaning
• Bread vs. Bred - Homophones, Difference & Definition
• Break a Leg - Origin & Meaning
• Break the Bank - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Break the Ice—Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Break the Mold or Broke the Mold - Origin & Meaning
• Break up vs. breakup
• Breakthrough Copyediting and Proofreading Course
• Breakthrough Copyediting and Proofreading Course (April Promo)
• Breakthrough Copyediting and Proofreading Light Course
• Breastfeeding, breastfed, breastfeed, etc.
• Breath vs. breadth (vs. width)
• Breath vs. Breathe - Usage, Difference & Definition
• Breeches vs. Britches
• Bric-a-brac and knick-knack
• Brief vs debrief
• Bring Home the Bacon - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bring one's A-game
• Bring the House Down or Bring Down the House - Idiom & Meaning
• Bring vs take
• Brite vs. Bright - Meaning, Definition & Spelling
• Briton
• Briton vs Britain
• Brouhaha
• Brown-nose and brownnose
• Brung, brang
• Brussels Sprout vs. Brussle Sprout
• Buck Naked vs. Butt Naked - Which Is Correct?
• Buckle Down—Unraveling the Determination Behind the Idiom
• Buckle Up - Origin & Meaning
• Buffaloed - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Buffer vs. buffet
• Buffet vs buffet
• Build up vs. buildup
• Building castles in the air
• Bulk, balk, baulk
• Bull in a China Shop - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bullet Points - Rules, Usage, and Examples
• Bullion vs boullion
• Bullseye or bull's eye
• Bum-rush vs bum's rush
• Bun in the Oven - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bundle of Joy - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Bunk vs debunk
• Bunny vs Bunnie
• Bupkis
• Burgle vs. burglarize
• Burn One's Boat or Burn One's Bridges – Origin & Meaning
• Burned vs. Burnt - Difference, Definition & Examples
• Burning the Candle at Both Ends - Origin & Meaning
• Burning the Midnight Oil - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Burnout vs. burn out
• Burrow vs borrow
• Burst Your Bubble or Pop Your Bubble - Origin & Meaning
• Bursted
• Bury The Hatchet - Origin & Meaning
• Bury Your Head in the Sand - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Bus stop vs. busstop
• Bused, bussed, or bust
• Buses vs. busses
• Busman's Holiday – Origin and Meaning
• Busting Your Chops – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• But vs. Butt - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• But vs. yet
• Butt (Bump) Heads—The Challenge of Conflict
• Butt of a joke
• Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
• Butterflies in My Stomach - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Buy a lemon
• By and by vs. by the by
• By hook or by crook
• By the Same Token – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• By the Skin of My Teeth - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• By The Way (BTW) - Usage & Meaning
• C'est Comme Ca vs. Comme Ci, Comme Ca - Meaning in English
• Cabin Fever – Origin & Meaning
• Cacti vs. Cactuses – Which Is the Correct Plural Usage?
• Caddie vs. caddy
• Caddy-Corner, Kitty-Corner or Catty-Corner
• Caesarean section, Caesarian, cesarean, etc.
• Calfs or Calves - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Caliber or Calibre - Difference & Meaning
• Calibration vs collaboration
• Call a Spade a Spade - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Call My Bluff - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Call on the carpet
• Call the Shots (or Calling the Shots) - Idiom & Meaning
• Callous vs. callus
• Calm Before the Storm - Origin & Meaning
• Camaraderie vs comradery
• Can goods or canned goods
• Can of worms vs pandora's box
• Can vs may
• Can You Put Parentheses Inside Parentheses?
• Can't Hold a Candle to - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Can't Make Heads or Tails – Meaning and Origin
• Can't vs cant
• Canceled vs. Cancelled - Which Is Correct?
• Candy Floss vs. Fairy Floss vs. Cotton Candy
• Cannon fodder
• Cannot or Can Not - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Canny vs uncanny
• Cantor vs canter
• Canvas vs. canvass
• Capiche, Capeesh, Capische - Meaning & Usage
• Capital vs. Capitol - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Capitalization in Quotes
• Capitulate vs recapitulate
• Capstone, keystone or cornerstone
• Captivate vs capture
• Car hood and car bonnet
• Car park vs parking lot
• Caramel vs carmel
• Carburetor vs carburettor
• Card Shark or Card Sharp - Origin & Meaning
• Careen vs. career
• Carnation vs incarnation
• Carpe Diem - Origin & Meaning
• Carrot, carat, karat, caret
• Carry a Torch for Someone—Journey Through Unrequited Love
• Carry on, carry-on, and carrion
• Carte blanche
• Case in Point or Case and Point - Meaning & Difference
• Cash on the Barrelhead—A Simplified Expression for Immediate Payment
• Cashmere vs Kashmir
• Cassandra
• Cast a wide net
• Cast Aspersions or Dispersions - Difference & Meaning
• Cast Aspersions—Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Cast pearls before swine
• Cast the First Stone—An Important Lesson in Judgement
• Casted – Usage and Meaning
• Cat Got Your Tongue - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Catalog vs. Catalogue - Difference & Definition
• Catalyse or catalyze
• Catbird Seat: Idiom Of Power And Advantage
• Catcall - Definition & Examples
• Catch vs. Ketch
• Catch-22
• Catching Some Rays - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Categorize vs categorise
• Catsup vs. Ketchup vs. Catchup - What's the Difference?
• Cattle vs chattel
• Caucus
• Caught in the Crosshairs – Targeted Scrutiny or Unwanted Blame?
• Caught Red-Handed - Origin & Meaning
• Causative Verbs - Rules, Structure & List of Examples
• Causative Verbs Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Cause Célèbre - Meaning & Examples
• Caveat
• Cay vs. Key vs. Quay - Homophones, Pronunciation & Definition
• Cede vs. concede
• Ceiling vs sealing
• Cel, cell or sell
• Celebrant or celebrator
• Celiac or coeliac
• Cellar vs. Seller
• Center around or center on
• Century or Centuries – Usage and Meaning
• Ceremonial vs ceremonious
• Certainty vs. certitude
• Chafe vs. chaff
• Chaise lounge and chaise longue
• Chalk up vs. chock
• Champing at the Bit vs. Chomping at the Bit – Meaning and Origin
• Change tack
• Character or caricature
• Charade and charades
• Charism vs charisma
• Chary vs. Cherry
• Chase one's own tail
• Chaste vs chased
• Chasten vs. chastise
• Chatbot
• Chateaus vs chateaux
• Chatty Cathy - Origin & Meaning
• Cheapskate - Origin & Meaning
• Check in vs. Check-in (vs. Checkin)
• Check Up, Checkup or Check-Up – Which One to Use?
• Check vs. Cheque - Difference & Definition
• Checkered Past or Chequered Past - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Checkout vs. check out
• Cheshire Cat Smile – An Innocent Grin or a Smug?
• Chew the Fat - Origin & Meaning
• Chewed Out – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Chicken and Egg Situation – Idiom, Meaning & Examples
• Chickens Come Home to Roost – Origin and Meaning
• Childcare, child care, child-care
• Childlike vs. Childish - What's the Difference?
• Chili vs Chilly - What's the Difference?
• Chills down the spine
• Chink vs. kink
• Chip off the Old Block—A Simple Resemblance Idiom
• Chip on Your Shoulder – Origin and Meaning
• Chips vs. fries
• Choate or inchoate
• Choosing a Name For Your Proofreading Business
• Chorale, Choral or Corral
• Chose vs. Choose – Usage With Examples
• Chow vs. Ciao
• Chute vs. shoot
• Cinch the deal or clinch the deal
• Citizen journalism
• Civic vs. civil
• Civil rights and human rights
• Clam Up – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Clamor vs clamber
• Classic vs. classical
• Clean Slate – An English Idiom for New Beginnings
• Clean vs. cleanse
• Clean Your Clock – Origin & Meaning
• Cleanup vs. clean up
• Clench vs. clinch
• Clew vs clue
• Clickbait - Origin & Meaning
• Client vs. Customer - Difference in Meaning & Usage
• Cliffs Notes
• Climactic vs. climatic
• Clime vs climb
• Cloak-and-Dagger – Origin and Meaning
• Close Proximity or In Close Proximity - Meaning & Definition
• Close Ranks - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Close rhyme
• Close vs. Close - Difference & Meaning
• Close-Knit vs. Tight-Knit - Usage & Meaning
• Close-Minded or Closed-Minded – Definition and Examples
• Closer vs closure
• Cloture vs closure
• Co-op vs. co-opt
• Co-ordinate vs coordinate
• Coal, cole or kohl
• Coarse vs. course
• Coast Is Clear - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Cock and bull story
• Coddle and mollycoddle
• Coddle vs. Caudle
• Cog In The Wheel Or Cog In The Machine – Origin and Meaning
• Cognate and false cognate
• Coiffure vs coiffeur
• Coin a phrase
• Cold Feet - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Cold Shoulder - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Cold Turkey – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Coliseum vs. colosseum
• Collectible vs collectable
• College vs. University - Usage, Difference, & Meaning
• Collegial vs. collegiate
• Collocate vs colocate
• Colon vs. Semicolon. vs. Dash - Usage and Examples
• Colonize vs colonise
• Colons With Lists - How To Use Them Correctly
• Color outside the lines
• Color vs. Colour - Difference & Examples
• Coma vs comma
• Combine vs combine
• Come Hell Or High Water – An Expression Of Perseverance
• Come over vs overcome
• Come What May - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Come-hither look
• Come-to-Jesus moment and come-to-Jesus meeting
• Comedienne
• Comic vs. comical
• Coming Down the Pike vs. Coming Down the Pipe
• Coming of age
• Comma Before or After Parenthesis? Examples and Worksheet
• Comma Before or After Thus
• Comma Before Too - Guide & Examples
• Comma Rules and Usage With Examples
• Comma Usage Before and After "and" - Examples Included
• Commas and Conjunctions - Ultimate Guide
• Commas in a List - How To Use Them Correctly
• Commas in Dates - Rules and Examples
• Commend vs command
• Commentator vs. commenter
• Commiserate vs commensurate
• Compact vs compact
• Comparative Adjectives Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Comparative Essay Writing: Methods and Examples
• Comparatives and Superlatives - Examples
• Compared To or With – Which One To Use?
• Comparing Apples to Oranges - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Compel vs. impel
• Competence and competency
• Complacent vs complicit
• Complement vs. compliment
• Compose vs. comprise
• Compound vs compound
• Compress vs compress
• Comprise vs compromise
• Conceive vs. perceive
• Concerning - Usage, Meaning & Synonyms
• Conches vs. conchs
• Condemn vs. condone
• Conditionals - Uses, Examples
• Conditionals Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Conduct vs conduct
• Confidant vs. confidante
• Conflate vs conflagrate
• Conflict of interest
• Congruent vs. congruous
• Conjunctions to start sentences
• Connect the Dots—A Simple Idiom for Analysis
• Connexion
• Connote vs. denote
• Consolation vs constellation
• Console vs console
• Consonance vs assonance
• Conspiracy or collusion
• Constant vs consistent
• Construct vs construct
• Contaminate vs contaminant
• Contemporaneous vs. contemporary
• Contemptible vs. contemptuous
• Content Editing vs. Copy Editing - What's the Difference?
• Content or Contented vs. Contently or Contentedly
• Content vs content
• Contest vs contest
• Contiguous vs continuous
• Contingency vs contingent
• Continual vs. Continuous - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Contract a disease or contact a disease
• Contractions
• Contronym and auto-antonym
• Convict vs convict
• Convivial vs congenial
• Convocation, commencement or invocation
• Cook the Books – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Cool as a Cucumber - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Cooler Heads Prevail – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Coon’s Age—The Troubled History of an Idiom
• Coop, coup or coupe
• Cooperate or Co-Operate – What's the Difference?
• Coordinate adjectives
• Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives - Examples & Worksheet
• Copy Edit or Copyedit - Which is Correct?
• Copy Editing Test - Can you Pass This Quiz?
• Copyright vs. copywrite
• Copywriter vs. Copy Editor - What's the Difference?
• Coral vs. corral
• Cord vs. Chord - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Cornet vs. coronet
• Correspondence vs correspondents
• Cosmetology vs. cosmology
• Cosy vs. cozy
• Could have, could've or could of
• Could Have, Should Have & Would Have Exercises
• Could Have, Should Have, and Would Have - Examples
• Council vs. Counsel - Difference & Examples
• Counsel vs consul
• Counselor vs. Counsellor – What's the Difference?
• Countable Nouns - List of Examples
• Coup de grace
• Cover all the bases
• Covert vs overt
• Coward vs. Cowered
• Crack down vs. crackdown
• Crack the Whip - Origin & Meaning
• Crapshoot
• Creative Writing—Exploring Characters and Plots
• Crèche and manger
• Credible vs. credulous
• Credible, creditable or credulous
• Creeped or Crept - What's the Difference?
• Crème De La Crème—Origin & Meaning
• Crevasse vs. crevice
• Crick (variant of creek)
• Crier vs. cryer
• Crime doesn't pay
• Criteria, criterion
• Criticise or Criticize (+ Criticised & Criticising)
• Crooked vs crooked
• Cross the Line – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Cross to Bear - Origin & Meaning
• Crossing the Rubicon – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Crueler or crueller, cruelest or cruellest
• Crumby vs. crummy
• Cry All the Way to the Bank – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Cry Wolf – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Crying Over Spilled Milk Idiom—Meaning, Uses, Examples & Origin
• Cul-de-Sac - Usage, Meaning & Spelling
• Culpable vs liable
• Cum
• Curate's Egg – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Curb vs. kerb
• Curly Braces Punctuation - Is It Brackets or Braces?
• Currently – Correct Usage, Grammar and Examples
• Curricula vs curriculums
• Curry Favor—An Idiom Behind the Mix-Up
• Cursor vs curser
• Curtsy vs. Courtesy - Difference & Meaning
• Custom vs costume
• Customise vs. Customize – What's the Difference?
• Cut off your nose to spite your face
• Cut the Mustard - Meaning and Origin
• Cut to the Chase - Meaning & Origin
• Cut to the quick
• Cut Your Losses – Origin & Meaning
• Cut-throat
• Cute as a Button – Origin and Meaning
• Cyber-
• Daily grind
• Dam vs. Damn - What's the Difference?
• Damn the Torpedoes – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Damning With Faint Praise – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Dampen, damper, dampener
• Dance on someone's grave
• Danglers
• Dangling modifier
• Dashes - Usage & Examples
• Data Is or Data Are? – The Singular vs. Plural Debate
• Dawned on Me – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Days vs. Daze
• De facto
• Dead as a Doornail - Origin and Meaning
• Dead End – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Dead Man Walking - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Dead Meat – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Dead set, dead-set, deadset
• Dead to Rights – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Deadbeat - Definition & Meaning
• Deaf vs deft
• Dealed or Dealt - What's the Past Tense of Deal?
• Debark or disembark
• Decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlon and biathlon
• Decent vs. descent
• Deceptively
• Deciphering The 'Movers And Shakers' Idiom: A Full Guide
• Deck the halls
• Declarative, imperative, exclamatory and interrogative sentences
• Decoding 61 Romantic Idioms: The Language of Love
• Decoding Under the Radar—From Unnoticed to Understood
• Deduce vs. induce
• Deduct vs deduce
• Deep-seeded vs. deep-seated
• Deepnet, darknet and deep web
• Deer in the Headlights - Origin & Meaning
• Deer vs deers
• Defence vs. Defense – Which One to Use?
• Definite Articles in English With Examples and Quiz
• Definite vs definitive
• Definition and Examples of Interjections
• Defuse vs. diffuse
• Degenerate vs denigrate
• Deign
• Deign vs. Dane
• Déjà vu
• Delegate vs delegate
• Delegate vs relegate
• Deliberate vs deliberate
• Delude vs dilute
• Demagogue vs demigod
• Demeanor or demeanour
• Demon vs daemon
• Demonstrative Pronouns Definition and Examples - This, That, These, Those
• Demur vs. demure
• Dent vs dint
• Deplane or disembark
• Depose vs dispose
• Deposition vs disposition
• Depository vs. repository
• Depravation vs deprivation
• Deprecate vs. depreciate
• Descendant vs. descendent
• Desert vs. Desert - Usage & Meaning
• Despite vs. In Spite Of - Difference & Meaning
• Destroy vs. destruct
• Detract vs. distract
• Developing a Unique Voice: How to Start Your College Essay Authentically
• Developmental Editing vs Copy Editing: What's the Difference?
• Devil Take the Hindmost—A Reflection of Human Nature
• Deviled vs devilled
• Dew, do and due
• Dharma and karma
• Dialectal vs. dialectical
• Dialogue vs dialog
• Diametrically opposed
• Diamond in the rough
• Diaspora
• Dice vs. Die – Which Is Singular and Which Is Plural?
• Dichotomy vs paradox
• Dickensian
• Didactic vs pedantic
• Die on the Vine – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Dietician vs. Dietitian - Meaning & Correct Spelling
• Difference Between Tell and Say - Examples
• Difference vs deference
• Different from, different than, different to
• Digest vs digest
• Dike or Dyke - What's the Difference?
• Dingo's breakfast
• Dire straits
• Dire vs. Dyer
• Directional words
• Dirty Pool – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Dis vs. diss
• Disabuse, misuse and abuse
• Disassemble vs. dissemble
• Disburse vs. disperse
• Disc vs. disk
• Discombobulate
• Discomfit vs. discomfort
• Disconnect
• Discord vs accord
• Discrete vs. discreet
• Disdain or distain
• Disenfranchise vs. disfranchise
• Dispatch vs. Despatch – Meaning, Uses and Examples
• Dispense with vs. dispose of
• Disposed vs. predisposed
• Dissatisfied or unsatisfied
• Dissociate vs. disassociate
• Distinct vs. distinctive
• Distrust vs. mistrust
• Ditto and ditto mark
• Divers vs. diverse
• Divorcée, divorcé, divorcee
• Do a 180 or do a 360
• Do a Houdini and pull a Houdini
• Do and Make Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• Do apologize
• Do as I say, not as I do
• Do right by
• Do the Math – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Do You Capitalize The Word "Internet"?
• Do You Capitalize Words in Parentheses?
• Do You Need a Comma After Thank You? Rules and Examples
• Do You Put A Comma Before Since?
• Do You Put A Period After An Abbreviation?
• Do, Does, Am, Is & Are Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Docent
• Dock vs doc
• Dodged a Bullet - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Does Punctuation Go Inside or Outside of Quotation Marks?
• Does Stick to Your Guns Imply Refusal to Compromise in English?
• Does the Comma Go Before or After "So"?
• Does the Comma Go Before or After Quotation Marks?
• Does the Comma Go Before or After Such As?
• Does the Period Go Before or After Parentheses?
• Does vs does
• Doesn't Hold Water (or Do Not Hold Water) - Origin & Meaning
• Dog and Pony Show – Origin & Meaning
• Dog Whistle – Idiom, Origin & Meaning in English
• Dog-Eat-Dog and Doggy Dog - Meaning & Examples
• Doggy Bag Idiom—More Than Just a Takeout Term
• Dogs of War – Origin and Meaning
• Doh, doe or dough
• Dollars to doughnuts
• Dominant vs predominant
• Dominate vs dominant
• Don vs. Dawn - Difference in Meaning & Spelling
• Don't (or Never) Judge a Book By Its Cover - Origin & Meaning
• Don't borrow trouble
• Don't change horses in midstream
• Don't Give Up the Ship – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Don't Hold Your Breath – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out – Origin & Meaning
• Don't let the grass grow under your feet
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket - Expansion of Idea
• Don't Rain on My Parade – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Don't Shoot the Messenger—The Ultimate Blame Game
• Don't's or don'ts
• Donner or Donder
• Doomsday vs Domesday
• Doppelgänger
• Dos or do's
• Double dog dare
• Double entendre
• Double vs. redouble
• Double-Check - Usage & Meaning
• Doublethink, doublespeak or double-talk
• Doubtlessly
• Doughnut vs. Donut - What's the Difference?
• Dove vs dove
• Dove vs. dived
• Down in the Dumps – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Down in the Mouth – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Down the Hatch – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Down the Rabbit Hole—Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Down the Road - Meaning & Synonyms
• Down to the Wire – Meaning & Origin
• Downplay or play down
• Downright vs outright
• Doxing and doxxing
• Draft vs. draught
• Dragged vs. drug
• Dragging Feet & Heels—Navigating the Nuances
• Draw a Bead on – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Draw a Blank - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Draw a line in the sand
• Drawer vs drawer
• Dreamed or Dreamt – What's the Past Tense of Dream?
• Dreidel or dreidl
• Dribble vs. drivel
• Dribs and drabs
• Drier vs. dryer
• Drink the Kool-Aid
• Drink, Drank or Drunk – What is the Past Tense Of Drink?
• Drive-by
• Droid vs. Android vs. Robot - What's the Difference?
• Droll
• Drop a Dime (or Dropping Dimes) - Origin & Meaning
• Drop a Line – Meaning & Origin
• Drop in the Bucket - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Drop off vs. drop-off (vs. dropoff)
• Drop the Ball – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Dropping Like Flies – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Drown Your Sorrows – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Dry Run - Meaning & Origin
• Du jour
• Duck tape or duct tape
• Ducks in a Row – Meaning and Origin
• Due to vs because of
• Duly Noted - Meaning, Usage & Examples
• Duly vs dully
• Dumpster vs dumpster
• Duplicate vs duplicity
• Duplicate vs replicate
• During the course of
• Dwarfs vs. dwarves
• Dwelled vs. dwelt
• Dystopia or utopia
• E-book, ebook, eBook
• E-mail vs. email
• E. coli
• Each other vs. one another
• Eager Beaver – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Earnest vs Ernest
• Earthy vs. earthly
• Easier Said Than Done – Meaning & Origin
• Easter egg
• Easy On the Eyes – Origin and Meaning
• Easy pickings
• Eat Crow – Meaning & Origin
• Eat One's Words – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Eat, drink and be merry
• Eating Out of Your Hand – Meaning & Origin
• Eaves vs. Eves - Difference & Meaning
• Ecclesiastical and ecclesiastic
• Economic vs Economical - Definition & Examples
• Editing & Proofreading Worksheets
• Eek vs. eke
• Effable vs affable
• Effete
• Egging Someone On—Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Eggnog
• Either vs ether
• Elaborate vs elaborate
• Elder, Eldest or Oldest - What's the Difference?
• Electric, electrical, electronic
• Elephant in the Room - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Elfs vs. elves
• Elicit vs. Illicit - Difference & Examples in a Sentence
• Elvis Has Left the Building – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Em Dash Usage and Examples
• Embedded Questions - Definition, Examples
• Emeritus - Meaning & Definition
• Emigrate vs Immigrate - What's the Difference?
• Eminent vs. immanent vs. imminent
• Emission vs omission
• Empathetic vs. empathic
• Empathy vs. sympathy
• Emphasise vs emphasize
• Empire vs umpire
• En Dash (En Rule) – When To Use It (With Examples)
• En Dash vs. Em Dash vs. Hyphen - How to Properly Use Them
• En Masse - Meaning & Examples
• En route
• En vogue, in vogue
• Enclose vs. inclose
• End All Be All—The Pursuit of Ultimate Goals
• End of the Line – Meaning & Origin
• End on a high note and go out on a high note
• End Run – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Endear or Endeared – Usage and Definition
• Endeavor vs. endeavour
• Ending a Sentence With a Preposition (Worksheet Included)
• Energize vs energise
• Enervate vs. innervate
• Enfant Terrible – Meaning & Origin
• England, Great Britain, United Kingdom
• English moods (imperative, indicative, and subjunctive)
• Engrained vs. Ingrained - Difference in Meaning & Usage
• Enmity vs animosity
• Enormity vs. enormousness
• Enquire vs. inquire
• Enrol vs. Enroll – Meaning, Usage and Examples
• Ensconce vs sconce
• Enthuse
• Entitled vs. titled
• Entrance vs entrance
• Entree vs entrée
• Enunciation vs. Annunciation - Difference & Meaning
• Envelop vs. envelope
• Envision vs. envisage
• Epic vs epoch
• Epigram vs. epigraph
• Epithet vs sobriquet
• Epitome vs epiphany
• Eponymous
• Equable, equatable, equitable
• Equivalence vs. equivalency
• Equivocate vs prevaricate
• Ere vs. err
• Ergo
• Erratum, addendum and corrigendum
• Erupt vs irrupt
• Esoteric vs archaic
• Especial vs. Special - Difference & Meaning
• Especially vs specially
• Espresso vs. expresso
• Esprit de corps
• Essential Freelance Writer Skills—From Pitches to Paychecks
• Estimate vs estimate
• Estimate vs. estimation
• Estimation or approximation
• Et Al. – Meaning, Punctuation and Usage With Examples
• Et cetera (etc.)
• Ethereal vs ephemeral
• Ethical Dilemmas in AI-Assisted Learning Environments
• Ethics vs. Morals - Definition, Difference & Examples
• Ethnic vs ethic
• Evacuate
• Evaluating Paper Writing Services: What to Look For
• Even Keeled or Even Keel - Usage & Meaning
• Even Steven or Even Stevens – Meaning & Origin
• Ever and Never - Usage, List of Examples
• Every Nook and Cranny – Meaning & Origin
• Everyday vs. Every Day - What's the Difference?
• Evidence vs evince
• Ewe, yew or you
• Ex post facto
• Exacerbate vs exasperate
• Exact revenge vs extract revenge
• Exalt vs. exult
• Excelsior and wood wool
• Excited vs exited
• Exclamation Point (!) - Learn How to Use it Properly
• Exculpate vs exonerate
• Excuse vs excuse
• Exemplary – Meaning and Examples in a Sentence
• Exhibit vs. exhibition
• Existent vs. extant
• Existential - Meaning & Definition
• Expatriate vs ex-patriot
• Expectant vs. expecting
• Expedient vs expeditious
• Expedite vs expedient
• Expend vs. Expand - Difference & Definition
• Expiration date and expiry date
• Exploitive vs. Exploitative - Definition & Etymology
• Expose vs exposé
• Expound vs expand
• Extant vs extent
• Extol vs extoll
• Extract vs extract
• Extraordinaire
• Exuberant vs exorbitant
• Eyeteeth – Meaning, Idiom & Origin
• Face the Music - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Faeces vs feces
• Fain vs. feign
• Fair and Square - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Fair Dinkum – Meaning & Origin
• Fair to Middling vs. Fair to Midland
• Fair vs. fare
• Fairweather Friend or Fair-Weather Friend – Meaning & Origin
• Fairy vs ferry
• Fairy-tale ending
• Fait accompli
• Fall From Grace - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Fall on one's sword
• Fall Through the Cracks or Slip Through the Cracks
• Fallow vs follow
• Falseness vs. Falsity vs. Falsehood - Meaning & Definition
• Familiarity breeds contempt
• Famous Last Words – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Famous, infamous and notorious
• Fantods
• Far East, Middle East, Near East
• Far-fetched - Meaning & Definition
• Faraway vs far away
• Farther vs. Further - Difference, Definition & Examples
• Fastly
• Fate vs. Fete - Homphones, Meaning & Examples
• Fatuous vs facetious
• Faux
• Faux pas
• Favorite or Favourite - Meaning & Difference in Spelling
• Favour or Favor – Which Spelling to Use?
• Fay, fey
• Faze vs. phase
• Fearful vs. fearsome
• Feckless vs reckless
• Feeling My Oats – Meaning & Origin
• Feet of Clay - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Fell Into My Lap—When Life Surprises You
• Fell Off the Back of a Truck – Origin & Meaning
• Feminity vs. femininity
• Fervent vs. fervid
• Fete
• Few vs. Phew
• Fewer vs. Less
• Fiancé vs. fiancée
• Fiber vs. fibre
• Fictional vs. fictitious
• Fiddle While Rome Burns – Meaning & Origin
• Fie
• Fifteen minutes of fame
• Fight Fire With Fire – Origin and Meaning
• Figment of one’s imagination
• Figures of speech
• File, Phial or Faille
• Filet vs. fillet
• Final vs finale
• Finale vs finally
• Financer vs. financier
• Fine Tooth Comb – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Finely or finally
• Finger Pointing or Pointing Finger – Meaning and Examples
• Finger-licking good
• Fingers Crossed - Origin & Meaning
• Finite Verbs - Definition and Examples
• Fire and Brimstone - Origin & Meaning
• Fire in the hole vs fire in the hold
• Fireplace vs hearth
• Firing on All Cylinders – Meaning and Origin
• First aid
• First Come, First Served
• First Conditional - Uses, Examples & Worksheet
• First Conditional Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• First Floor - Meaning & Spelling
• First things first
• First-world, third-world
• Firsthand and secondhand vs first-hand and second-hand
• Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, Etc.
• Fiscal vs physical
• Fish or Cut Bait – Meaning, Synonym and Origin
• Fish or Fishes - What is the Plural of Fish?
• Fit the Bill or Fill the Bill – Meaning and Origin
• Fit To Be Tied – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Fit vs. fitted
• Five o’clock shadow
• Flack vs. flak
• Flagellants vs flatulence
• Flagship - Meaning & Definition
• Flap one’s gums
• Flautist vs. flutist
• Flavor of the Month – Meaning and Origin
• Flavor vs. flavour
• Flesh and Blood – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Flied - Meaning & Definition
• Flip one's lid vs. flip one's wig
• Flora and fauna
• Flounder vs. founder
• Flour and Flower - What's the Difference?
• Flu vs. flue
• Fly in the Ointment – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Fly off the handle
• Fly the Coop – Meaning & Origin
• Foaming at the Mouth – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Foe vs. Faux
• Fold one's tent
• Foley
• Follow Suit – Meaning & Origin
• Follow up vs. Follow-up vs. Followup - Which is Correct?
• Font vs fount
• Food Coma - Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• Food for Thought – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me
• Fool's errand
• Foolproof vs. full-proof
• Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
• Foot in the Door — Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Foot long
• Foot the Bill – Meaning, Idiom & Origin
• Footloose and Fancy-Free — Meaning and Origin
• For all intensive purposes (for all intents and purposes)
• For all the marbles
• For Crying Out Loud – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• For God's sake
• For the birds
• For the purpose of
• For, four and fore
• Fora vs. forums
• Forbear vs. forebear
• Forbidden Fruit - Idiom, Meaning & Examples
• Forbidding vs. foreboding
• Force majeure
• Forceful vs forcible
• Forego vs. forgo
• Foregone Conclusion – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Forewarned is forearmed
• Foreword vs. forward
• Former vs. Latter - Usage With Examples
• Formulas vs formulae
• Fortnight
• Fortune Favors the Bold and Fortune Favors the Brave
• Forty Winks – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Foul vs. Fowl - Difference & Meaning
• Fount Of Knowledge Or Wisdom VS Font Of Knowledge Or Wisdom
• Four-Flusher – Meaning & Origin
• Fourty or Forty – What's the Correct Spelling of 40?
• Fox guarding the hen house
• Fraud or defraud
• Fraught
• Free for All – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Free Rein or Free Reign - Which One Should You Use?
• Freegan and freeganism
• Freelance Writing Contracts—Navigating Negotiations
• Freelance Writing Course
• Freelance Writing vs. Traditional Employment—Which Path Is Right for You?
• Freelancer Financials—Tame Your Cash Flow
• French Accent Marks – Aigu, Grave and More
• French alphabet pronunciation
• French Days,  Months and Seasons
• French noun gender
• French partitive article
• Freshwater vs. fresh water
• Friable vs. Fryable
• Friends With Benefits – Origin & Meaning in English
• Frivolity vs. frivolousness
• Frog in the Throat – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• From Pillar to Post - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• From Soup to Nuts – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• From the Bottom of My Heart – Meaning & Origin
• From the Get-Go - Origin & Meaning
• From Words to Rights—Copyright Law for Writers
• Fueled/fueling vs. fuelled/fuelling
• Fulfil vs. fulfill
• Full of Beans – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Full of Yourself – Meaning & Origin
• Full stop vs. period
• Full-Court Press – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Full-Fledged or Fully Fledged - Meaning & Difference
• Fulsome
• Fungi vs. funguses
• Funner, funnest
• Furlough
• Furor vs. furore
• Futile vs feudal
• Future Continuous Tense - Uses, Examples
• Future Perfect Continuous Tense - Uses, Examples
• Future Perfect Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Future Perfect Tense - Uses & Examples (With Worksheet)
• Futz vs. Putz or Futzing Around vs. Putzing Around
• Gaelic vs Gallic
• Gaff vs. gaffe
• Gage, gauge, and gouge
• Gainsay
• Gaiter vs. Gator
• Gall or Gaul - Definition & Difference
• Gallop vs Gallup
• Gallop vs. Galop
• Galore - Meaning & Definition
• Gambit
• Game Changer – Origin and Meaning
• Game the system
• Gamut vs gambit
• Gantlet vs. gauntlet
• Gaol vs. jail
• Garbage In, Garbage Out—Impact on Productivity
• Gargle vs. gurgle
• Gargoyle or grotesque
• Garner vs garnish
• Garnish vs garnishee
• Garrote, garrotte, or garotte
• Gaslighting - Usage, Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• Gasses vs. Gases – Which Is the Correct Plural?
• Gatecrasher
• Gaudy vs. gawdy
• Gel or Jell vs. Jelled or Gelled - Difference & Meaning
• Gemology vs gemmology
• Gender vs. sex
• Generalize vs generalise
• Genes vs. Jeans
• Gentle vs genteel
• Geographic vs geographical
• Gerund - Definition and Sentence Examples
• Gerunds and Infinitives - Rules, Examples
• Gerunds and Infinitives Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Gesture vs jester
• Gesundheit
• Get a Handle On – Meaning & Origin
• Get a Word in Edgewise or Edgeways – Meaning & Origin
• Get back on the horse
• Get in on the Ground Floor – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Get one's dander up or get one's dandruff up
• Get one’s back up
• Get out of Dodge
• Get religion
• Get Someone's Goat - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Get the Ball Rolling – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Get the Lead Out – Meaning & Origin
• Get the Scoop or Inside Scoop – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Get the skinny
• Get together vs get-together
• Get up in one's grill
• Get Your Hands Dirty – Meaning & Origin
• Get, Got or Gotten - When & How to Use Correctly
• Getaway vs get away
• Getting Hitched – Origin and Meaning
• Ghost in the Machine – Meaning & Origin
• Ghost vs ghoul
• Gibberish
• Gift (as a verb)
• Gild vs. guild
• Gilding the Lily—An Idiom from Florals to Fables
• Gimlet eye and gimlet cocktail
• Gimme
• Gin Up or Ginned Up – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Ginger Software—Your Personal Editor & Proofreader
• Ginger vs. ProWritingAid
• Gird Your Loins - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Gist or Jist - Difference & Meaning
• Gist vs jest
• Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile
• Give it the old college try
• Give up the ghost
• Give Yourself Away – Meaning & Origin
• Glamour vs. glamor
• Gleam vs glean
• Glib
• Gloves Are Off and Take the Gloves Off — Meaning & Origin
• Go Big or Go Home - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Go down a treat
• Go for a song
• Go for Broke – Meaning & Origin
• Go for the Jugular—Zero In on One's Weakness
• Go great guns
• Go Haywire - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Go off half-cocked and go off at half-cock
• Go Off the Rails – Origin and Meaning
• Go pear-shaped
• Go the Distance — Meaning & Origin
• Go The Extra Mile - Idiom, Meaning & Examples
• Go to ground
• Go to Seed – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Go to the Dogs - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Go to the Mat—A Metaphor for Resilience
• Go with the Flow - Origin & Meaning
• Gobbledygook
• Gobsmacked
• Goes without saying
• Going Against the Grain - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Going Bananas - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Going Dutch or Dutch Treat — Meaning & Origin
• Going to Hell in a Handbasket - Origin & Meaning
• Gold Digger – Origin and Meaning
• Golden ticket
• Gone to Pot – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Gonna
• Good enough for government work and close enough for government work
• Good Riddance – Meaning & Origin
• Good vs well
• Goodly
• Goody Two Shoes - Origin & Meaning
• Goose Is Cooked — Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Gourmet vs gourmand
• Graduate vs graduate
• Graffiti
• Grammar vs. Punctuation - What's the Difference?
• Grammar vs. Syntax - What's the Difference?
• Grammarist
• Grammarist Verb Tense Course - TW - Landing
• Grammarly Free vs. Premium vs. Business
• Grammarly Plagiarism Checker vs. Turnitin
• Grammarly Review - Is Premium Worth It?
• Grammarly vs Sapling Review - Which is Best?
• Grammarly vs. Chegg Review - 2022 Comparison
• Grammarly vs. Easybib - Which is Best?
• Grammarly vs. Hemingway vs. ProWritingAid vs. Ginger—Grammar Apps Face-Off
• Grammarly vs. Perfectit Review - Which is Best?
• Grammarly vs. PERRLA - Which is Best?
• Grammarly vs. Prowritingaid - Which is Better?
• Grammarly vs. Slick Write Review
• Grammarly vs. Wordrake Review - Which is Better?
• Grasping at straws or clutching at straws
• Grate on one’s nerves
• Grate or Great - Homophones, Meaning & Usage
• Grateful vs. gratified
• Gratis, gratuitous and gratuity
• Gravy Train - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Gray or Grey - Are Both Correct?
• Grease the Palm – Idiom, Meaning & Sentence Examples
• Great Scott!
• Green Around the Gills – A Simple Illness Expression
• Green Thumb or Green Fingers — Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Green-Eyed Monster - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Grill vs. grille
• Grinch - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Grinded
• Grok
• Gruel vs grueling
• Guarantee vs guaranty
• Guide to Choosing Good Argumentative Essay Topics
• Guinea Pig — Meaning, Idiom & Expression Origin
• Guise vs. Guys
• Gumption
• Gussied Up—Meaning & Origin
• Guyline vs guideline
• Habit vs habitat
• Hail vs. hale
• Hair of the Dog – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Hair vs hare
• Hair's Breadth or Hair's Breath - Definition & Examples
• Hairbrained vs. harebrained
• Hairy vs. harry
• Half a loaf is better than none and half a loaf is better than no bread
• Half-mast vs. half-staff
• Halfhearted and half-hearted
• Hall vs haul
• Hallow vs. hollow
• Halloween or Hallowe'en
• Halve or Half – Difference, Usage and Meaning
• Ham-Fisted and Ham-Handed – Meaning and Origin
• Hamming It Up – Meaning & Origin
• Hand Over Fist—Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Hand to Mouth – Idiom, Meaning & Sentence Examples
• Hand-wash
• Handful, handfuls
• Handicap vs. handicapped
• Hands down
• Hands on or hands-on
• Hang Out To Dry - Definition & Examples
• Hangdog
• Hanged vs. Hung - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Hangry - Origin, Meaning & Definition
• Happenstance - Usage & Meaning
• Happy median or happy medium
• Harbinger
• Harbor vs. harbour
• Hard (Bitter) Pill to Swallow—The Unpleasant Truth
• Hardy vs. hearty
• Hark, harken, and hearken
• Hart vs. Heart – Difference in Meaning and Spelling
• Haste Makes Waste - Origin & Meaning
• Hats Off (to You) - Idiom & Meaning In English
• Haughty vs hottie
• Have a beef
• Have a Cow – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Have a target on one's back
• Have one's ears pinned back vs pin one's ears back
• Have your cake and eat it too
• Having a Field Day - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Hawk vs. hock
• Hay vs hey
• Haymaker
• He who hesitates is lost
• Head Over Heels - Origin & Meaning
• Head someone off at the pass and cut someone off at the pass
• Heads Will Roll – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Heads-Up - Usage, Meaning & Definition
• Heal vs. heel (and bring to heel)
• Healthcare vs. Health Care – Which One Is It?
• Healthful vs. healthy
• Hear vs. Here – Difference, Examples
• Heard vs herd
• Heavens to Murgatroyd – Idiom, Definition and Origin
• Hedge Your Bets – Meaning & Origin
• Heel, heal and he'll
• Heighth
• Hell for Leather and Hell-Bent for Leather – Meaning & Origin
• Helpless vs hapless
• Hem and haw or hum and haw
• Hemingway Editor Review - Is it Any Good?
• Hence - Usage, Definition & Examples
• Heretofore or hitherto
• Heroin vs. heroine
• Heterogeneous vs. heterogenous
• Hew vs. hue
• Hi vs. High - Homophones, Meaning & Spelling
• Hieroglyph vs hierograph
• High five
• High Horse – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• High-Handed – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Highbrow vs. Lowbrow – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Higher vs hire
• Highfalutin
• Hijinks or high jinks
• Himself vs hisself
• Hindsight is 20/20 and 20/20 hindsight
• Hinky
• Hippopotami, hippopotamuses, hippos
• Historic vs. Historical - Usage and Examples
• Hit a Brick or Hit a Wall – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Hit It Off – Meaning and Origin
• Hit Pay Dirt – Origin and Meaning
• Hit the bricks
• Hit the Deck – Meaning and Origin
• Hit the Ground Running—Origin & Meaning
• Hive mind
• Hoar vs. Whore
• Hoard vs. horde
• Hobo, tramp, bum, or gutter punk
• Hobson's Choice – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Hocus-pocus
• Hodgepodge vs hotchpotch
• Hogwash - Origin & Definition
• Hokey-pokey, hokey-cokey and hokey-tokey
• Hold (Down) the Fort – Responsibility or Just a Simple Task?
• Hold My Beer – Origin, Meaning and Usage
• Hold someone's feet to the fire
• Hold Your Horses - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Holey vs. holy
• Holly vs holy
• Holy vs. Wholly vs. Wholey - Difference & Meaning
• Home In and Hone In—Navigating Nuances
• Home In vs. Hone In – Meaning and When to Use Them
• Home school vs. homeschool (vs. home-school)
• Homely vs. homey
• Homily vs. Sermon - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Homo sapiens
• Homogenous vs. homogeneous
• Homophones, Homonyms, Homographs - Differences and Examples
• Honesty is the best policy
• Honor among thieves and no honor among thieves
• Honor vs. Honour - Difference & Meaning
• Hoosegow - Origin & Meaning
• Hoover vs. vacuum
• Hooves or hoofs
• Hop, Skip, and Jump – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Hope or hopes
• Hoping vs hopping
• Horn of plenty and cornucopia
• Horse of a Different Color—Symbolizing a New Topic
• Horsey, horsy, horsie
• Hot Mess - Meaning & Definition
• Hot Potato – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Hot spot or hotspot
• Hot to Trot – Origin and Meaning
• Hour vs our
• House of Cards – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• House vs house
• How and When to Properly Use a Semicolon [;] - With Examples
• How and When to Use a Colon (With Examples)
• How Long Does It Take To Proofread 1000+ Words
• How Many Commas Can Be Used in a Sentence?
• How Much Does a Proofreader Make?
• How the Tables Have Turned – A Complete Reversal
• How to Add and Use Grammarly in Google Docs
• How to Add Grammarly to Email - Outlook, Gmail, Mac...
• How to Add Grammarly to Microsoft Word
• How to Add Grammarly To PowerPoint (With Images)
• How to Become a Proofreader—Path to Precision
• How to Check Grammar and Spelling in Google Docs
• How to Correctly Use "Beck and Call" in Your Conversations
• How to Edit a Book - 9 Pro Tips (Checklist Included)
• How to Edit Quotes
• How to Hyphenate an Age
• How to Improve Writing Skills for Students in 7 Easy Steps
• How to Make a Last Name Plural or Possessive - Rules & Examples
• How to Make Edits and Track Changes in Word
• How to Make Grammarly Work With Overleaf in 4 Simple Steps
• How to Prepare for a Proofreading Test—Useful Study Hacks
• How to Proofread Legal Documents Like a Pro
• How to Proofread Like A Professional - Tips to Get Better
• How to Properly List Things in a Sentence
• How to Punctuate Dialogue - Rules & Examples
• How to Spot a Legit Paper Writing Service
• How to Undo In Grammarly
• How to Use 'Would' - Guide & Examples
• How to Use "Etc." in Parentheses
• How to Use a Comma With Including
• How to Use Apostrophes in Contractions
• How to Use Attend to vs. Tend to Correctly
• How to Use Cannot See the Forest for the Trees Correctly
• How to Use Commas With "As Well As"
• How to Use Commas with Names and Titles Correctly
• How To Use Cue vs. Queue Correctly
• How to Use Forecast vs. Forecasted Correctly
• How to Use Get Down to Brass Tacks (Tax?) Correctly
• How to Use Hit the Hay and Hit the Sack – Comparing Sleep Idioms
• How to Use Hope Correctly - Examples
• How to Use Learn the Ropes Effectively – Decoding the English Idiom
• How to Use Learnings Correctly
• How to Use Pay Your Dues to Express Hard Work and Experience
• How to Use Perchance Correctly
• How to Use Semicolons in a List - Examples
• How to Use So and Such - Examples
• How to Use Stank vs. Stunk Correctly
• How To Use Transgender vs. Transsexual vs. Transvestite Correctly
• How to Use Wish - Examples
• How to Write Compelling Headlines—Craft Irresistible Titles
• How's it going
• Hubris
• Hullabaloo
• Humor or Humour – What's the Difference?
• Hump Day - Origin & Meaning
• Humus vs. hummus
• Hunker Down – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Hunt-and-peck
• Hurrah, hooray, hurray
• Hurtle vs. Hurdle – Difference and Definition
• Hybrid vs highbred
• Hygge
• Hymn vs him
• Hyperbole
• Hyphen Rules And Usage With Examples
• I can live with that
• I Could Care Less - Usage & Meaning
• I or me
• I Rest My Case—From Courtrooms to Conversations
• I Smell Something Fishy – An Idiom For Indicating Suspicion
• I Wasn't Born Yesterday – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• I.e vs. E.g - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• I've Got Your Number – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• I’ll eat my hat
• Ibid vs idem
• Ice tea vs. iced tea
• Icing on the Cake – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Idea vs. Ideal - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Ideation vs idea
• Identifying Subjects and Predicates
• Ides of March
• Idiom vs colloquialism
• Idle Hands Are the Devil's Workshop or Playground Saying
• If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It – Meaning and Origin
• If need be or if needs be
• If the Shoe Fits, Wear It – Meaning and Origin
• If you can't beat them, join them
• If you will
• Ilk
• Illegible vs. unreadable
• Imbibe vs imbue
• Imitate vs emulate
• Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
• Immaculate Conception vs. virgin birth
• Immolate vs emulate
• Immunity vs. impunity
• Impair vs impede
• Impassable vs. impassible
• Impassive vs. passive
• Impending vs. pending
• Imperial vs empirical
• Impinge vs. infringe
• Imposter vs. impostor
• Impractical vs impracticable
• Impromptu or improvised
• Improvise vs. Improvize - Which Is Correct?
• Impudent vs imprudent
• Impugn vs. impute
• In a Bind – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In a Heartbeat – Meaning, Synonyms and Origin
• In a Jiffy – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• In a manner of speaking
• In a Nutshell – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In a Pickle – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In a Vacuum – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In Any Way, Shape or Form – Meaning and Origin
• In Clover – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In due course or in due time
• In Excess Of - Usage & Meaning
• In Fine Fettle—Origin & Meaning
• In High Cotton—Exploring an Idiom of Wealth and Success
• In Hot Water – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In kind
• In Like Flynn – Meaning and Origin
• In My Element Idiom Explained—Defining Comfort
• In One Ear and Out the Other – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• In Over My Head – An Overwhelming Challenge
• In Spades—Origin & Meaning
• In Terms Of - Usage & Meaning
• In the affirmative
• In the Cards or On the Cards – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In the course of
• In the hopper
• In the Midst of - Usage & Meaning
• In the midst vs in the mist
• In the Nick of Time - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• In the Offing – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• In the Pink – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• In the Process of - Meaning & Definition
• In the Red – Meaning, Origin, and Examples
• In the Weeds – Meaning, Origin and Synonyms
• In This Day in Age or Day and Age - Usage & Meaning
• Inane vs insane
• Incase or encase
• Incense vs incense
• Incent vs. Incentivize vs. Incentivise - Meaning & Difference
• Incidence vs. incidents
• Incipient or inchoate
• Incipient vs. insipient (vs. insipid)
• Inclement vs. Inclimate – What's the Difference?
• Include, exclude or occlude
• Incommunicado
• Incomparable vs. uncomparable
• Incomprehensive or incomprehensible
• Incredible vs. incredulous
• Indefatigable and defatigable
• Indefinite Pronouns Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Indeterminate vs indeterminable
• Indexes or Indices – The Plural Debate
• Indian corn
• Indian Giver – A Simple Phrase or a Cultural Dilemma?
• Indian Summer - Origin & Definition
• Indict vs indite
• Indirect Questions - Examples
• Indirect Questions Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Indubitably vs undoubtedly
• Inequality vs. inequity
• Inequity vs. iniquity
• Inexplicable vs. unexplainable
• Infect vs. infest
• Inference vs interference
• Infinitive of Purpose — Examples
• Infinitives - Uses, Definition & Examples
• Infraction vs infarction
• Infuse vs suffuse
• Inherent vs inherit
• Inn vs. In
• Innate vs. Enate
• Inside baseball
• Insofar (in so far)
• Installation vs. installment
• Instalment or Installment – What's the Difference?
• Instantly vs. instantaneously
• Instigate vs incite
• Instill vs install
• Instinctive vs. instinctual
• Intellectual property
• Inter-, intra-
• Intercourse - Meaning & Definition
• Interment vs. internment
• Intermural, intramural and extramural
• Intern vs inter
• Internal vs eternal
• Internet of things
• Interpretative vs. interpretive
• Interview with Bethany Keeley
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• Intimate vs intimate
• Inure vs enure
• Invalid vs invalid
• Invaluable vs. Valuable - What's the Difference?
• Inventive vs innovative
• Inversion Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Inversion in English Grammar - Examples
• Invision or Envision – Difference and Definition
• Invite (as a noun)
• Invoke vs. Evoke - What's the Difference?
• Ipso Facto – Meaning and Examples
• Ironic
• Ironical - Usage, Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• Irregular plural nouns
• Irregular Verbs - Uses, Definition & Examples
• Irregular Verbs Exercises (With Printable Worksheet)
• Irregular Verbs in Simple Past Tense: Worksheets, Examples, Tips
• Irregular Verbs List (with Printable PDF)
• Is 'God' Capitalized? - Explanation & Examples
• Is "President" Capitalized?
• Is "Vice President" Capitalized And Hyphenated?
• Is Costed a Word? What is the Past Tense of Cost?
• Is Earth Capitalized? – Rules and List of Examples
• Is GIF a Word? - Meaning & Spelling
• Is Grammarly Cheating? Should Students Use It?
• Is Grammarly Premium Worth It—Pros and Cons Explored
• Is Grammarly Safe and Secure? Can it be Trusted?
• Is Grammarly's Plagiarism Checker Any Good? Is it Accurate?
• Is it Ascent or Assent - What's the Difference?
• Is It At the End of My Rope or At the End of My Tether?
• Is It Backhanded Compliment or Left-Handed Compliment?
• Is It Center or Centre? - Meaning and Difference in Spelling
• Is it Flier or Flyer? – What's the Difference?
• Is It God Speed or Godspeed? - Meaning & Usage
• Is It Junky or Junkie? – Meaning and Definition
• Is It Savy or Savvy? - Definition & Correct Spelling
• Is Run of the Mill Really About Being Just Plain Average?
• Is There a Comma Before or After "Please"?
• Isle or Aisle - Usage, Difference & Meaning
• It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sings - Origin & Meaning
• It And There - Usage, Difference
• It Is What It Is - Origin & Meaning
• It Takes a Village - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• It Takes One to Know One – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• It Takes Two to Tango - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• It's a Wash – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• It's All Greek To Me – Understanding Difficult Idioms
• It's curtains for you
• It's not rocket science
• It's Raining Cats and Dogs – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• It's the thought that counts
• Italics (when to italicize)
• Iteration
• Its vs. It's – What's the Difference?
• Ivory Tower - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Jack-in-the-box
• Jalousie window vs louvre window
• Jam vs. jamb
• Janus-faced
• Jaundiced eye
• Je Ne Sais Quoi (or Jenesequa) - Meaning In English
• Jersey vs guernsey
• Jewelry vs. jewellery
• Jiggery-pokery
• Jingle vs jangle
• Jinx - Origin, Meaning & Examples
• John Doe, Joe Bloggs and Fred Nerk
• John Hancock and John Henry
• Johnny on the Spot - Origin & Meaning
• Johnny-Come-Lately – Meaning, Origin, and Examples
• Joie de Vivre - Origin & Meaning in English
• Joined At The Hip – How To Use This Phrase Accurately
• Joshing – Origin and Meaning
• Jot or tittle
• Joyful and joyous
• Judgement vs. Judgment - What's the Difference?
• Jump on the Bandwagon—The Art of Conformity
• Jump Ship – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Jump the Gun - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Jump the Shark – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Jump Through Hoops - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Jump-start
• Junction vs. juncture
• Junkyard Dog – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Jury-rig, jerry-rig, jerry-built
• Just deserts vs. just desserts
• Juxtapose
• Kafkaesque
• Kakistocracy
• Kaleidoscope - Meaning, Spelling & Symbolism
• Kangaroo Court – Origin and Meaning
• Kaput
• Katy bar the door
• Keep an Ear to the Ground – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• Keep at Bay – Meaning and Origin
• Keep it under your hat
• Keep Me Posted – Origin and Meaning
• Keep Your Chin Up – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Keep Your Eyes Peeled (Skinned) – Expressing Alertness and Focus
• Keep your shirt on and keep your hair on
• Keeping My Head Above Water—The Essence of Surviving Challenges
• Keeping Up with the Joneses—Peer Pressure in Disguise
• Kerfuffle vs brouhaha
• Keyed Up – Meaning and Origin
• Kick over the traces
• Kick the can down the road
• Kick-Start, Kickstart or Kick Start - Meaning & Definition
• Kickoff vs. Kick-off vs. Kick Off
• Kid Gloves – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Kill Them With Kindness – Meaning and Origin
• Kin vs ken
• King of the Hill—Defining Dominance
• King's Ransom – Meaning and Origin
• King's X
• Kiss of Death – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Kiss the Ring – Meaning and Origin
• Knave vs nave
• Knee-high to a grasshopper
• Knee-Slapper – Origin and Meaning
• Knew or New - Homophones & Definition
• Knickers vs nickers
• Knight in Shining Armor - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Knight vs. Night - Homophones, Spelling & Meaning
• Knighted vs benighted
• Knit vs. knitted
• Knob vs nob
• Knock 'Em Dead - How to Wish Someone Good Luck
• Knock Me Down with a Feather—The Art of Amazement
• Knock on wood and touch wood
• Knock one for six
• Knock Your Socks Off – Meaning and Origin
• Knock Yourself Out – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Knocked for a loop and thrown for a loop
• Knot, nought, naught or not
• Know vs. No - Homophones, Meaning & Spelling
• Know where the bodies are buried
• Know which side your bread is buttered on
• Knowadays Proofreading Course Review: Is It Worth It?
• Knowadays Proofreading Course vs. Proofread Anywhere
• Knuckle down and buckle down
• Knuckle sandwich
• Kodak Moments – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Kowtow
• Kudos - Origin, Usage & Meaning
• L’état, C’est Moi - Origin & Meaning in English
• La Dolce Vita – Origin and Meaning in English
• Labeled vs. labelled
• Labor vs. labour
• Ladybug and ladybird
• Lain vs. Lane
• Lair vs layer
• Laird vs lord
• Lambast vs. lambaste
• Land of Milk and Honey – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Languagetool vs. Grammarly
• Lap of Luxury—Origin & Meaning
• Laps vs. Lapse
• Lasagna vs. lasagne
• Last Resort - Origin & Meaning
• Later vs latter
• Latter vs ladder
• Laugh up one’s sleeve
• Laughing Stock – Usage, Meaning and Origin
• Lay an egg
• Lay Out vs. Layout - Usage & Difference
• Lay vs. Lie - Usage, Difference & List of Examples
• Laying It on Thick – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• Leach or Leech - What's the Difference?
• Lead vs. Lead - What's the Difference?
• Lead-pipe cinch
• Lean vs. Lien
• Leaned or leant
• Leap of Faith - Origin & Meaning
• Leaped vs. leapt
• Learned vs. learnt
• Leave No Stone Unturned – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Leave someone holding the bag
• Led vs Lead - What's the Difference?
• Lede vs. Lead - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Leery vs leary
• Left in the Lurch - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Leftover vs. left over
• Legal Considerations of Plagiarism—From Faux Pas to Lawsuit
• Legal vs legit
• Legal Writing—Techniques for Effective Advocacy
• Legislator vs legislature
• Legitimate vs legitimitize
• Lended vs. lent
• Lentil vs. Lintel
• Lesser or lessor
• Lest
• Let Bygones Be Bygones - Meaning and Examples
• Let sleeping dogs lie
• Let the chips fall where they may
• Let Your Hair Down – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Lets vs. Let's - What's The Difference?
• Letter Names in the English Alphabet and How to Spell Them
• Levee vs. levy
• Licence or License - Meaning & Spelling
• Lick one's wounds
• Licorice vs. liquorice
• Lier or Liar - Meaning & Spelling
• Lieu vs. Loo
• Lieutenant
• Lifetime or life time
• Light vs. lite
• Lighted vs. lit
• Lightning in a Bottle - Origin & Meaning
• Lightning Rod – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Likable vs. likeable
• Like a bump on a log
• Like Clockwork – Describing a Perfect Plan
• Like gangbusters
• Like Oil and Water – Meaning, Origin and Synonyms
• Like taking candy from a baby
• Limelight vs spotlight
• Linchpin vs. lynchpin
• Line Editing vs. Copy Editing - What's the Difference?
• Linking Verbs - List, Examples
• Linking Verbs vs. Helping Verbs - Difference & Examples
• Linking Words of Contrast - List of Examples
• Lion's Share – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Lip-sync and lip-synch
• Liquor vs liqueur
• List of 50+ English Suffixes With Examples & Worksheet
• Liter or litre vs litter
• Literally vs. Figuratively - What's the Difference?
• Litmus test
• Litre or Liter - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• Little to No or Little to None – Meaning, Uses and Examples
• Live and let live
• Live off the fat of the land
• Live vs live
• Liveable or livable
• Living the Dream - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Living The Life Of Riley (Reilly)
• Lo and Behold or Low and Behold
• Loaded for Bear – Meaning, Idiom and Origin
• Loafs or loaves
• Loan vs lone
• Loath vs. loathe (vs. loth)
• Locavore
• Lock out vs lockout
• Lock, Stock, and Barrel – Idiom, Meaning, and Origin
• Log In vs. Login
• Log On or Log In – What's the Difference?
• Logo
• Lone Wolf - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Lonely vs. lonesome
• Long in the tooth
• Long johns vs union suit and combination suit
• Long pig
• Long Story Short – The Removal of Unnecessary Details
• Longetivity vs. longevity
• Look before you leap
• Look out vs. lookout (vs. look-out)
• Looking Over Your Shoulder – Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Looks Good on Paper – Meaning and Origin
• Loonie, Loony, or Looney - What's the Difference?
• Loop de loop or loop the loop
• Loose vs. Lose - Difference & Meaning
• Lorry
• Lose one's marbles
• Lost in the Shuffle – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Lots of vs a lot of
• Lovable vs. loveable
• Love is blind
• Love Me, Love My Dog – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Low-Hanging Fruit - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Low, lo or lowe
• Lower the boom
• Lowkey or Low-Key – Subtlety in Spotlight
• Lucid vs lucent
• Luck of the Draw – Meaning and Origin
• Lukewarm
• Luminary vs luminaria
• Luxuriant vs. luxurious
• Mach vs. Mock
• Machine gun vs. machine-gun
• Macintosh, mackintosh, McIntosh
• Maddening vs. madding
• Madder Than a Wet Hen – Used To Express Extreme Anger
• Magic bullet and silver bullet
• Magnum opus
• Main, mane and Maine
• Make do vs. Make Due – What's the Difference?
• Make Ends Meet or Make Both Ends Meet - Idiom & Meaning
• Make hay
• Make or break and make or mar
• Make or Do - Difference, Examples
• Makeup, make-up or make up
• Maleficent vs. malevolent
• Mall vs. Maul
• Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone – Origin and Meaning
• Man of the Cloth
• Maneuver vs. manoeuvre
• Manic vs maniac
• Mannequin, Manikin, or Manakin
• Manner vs. manor
• Mantel vs. mantle
• Many happy returns
• Mare vs mayor
• Marinade vs. marinate
• Mark My Words – Meaning and Origin
• Mark vs marque
• Marquee vs. Marquis
• Marry vs. merry
• Marsala vs masala
• Mask vs. Masque
• Massage vs message
• Masterful vs. masterly
• Materiel vs. material
• Math or Maths - Which One to Use?
• Matriculate vs graduate
• Matter of fact or matter-of-fact
• Matter of Fact vs. Fact of the Matter
• Maundy Thursday
• Maverick
• Maxima vs. maximums
• Maximise or Maximize – What's the Difference?
• Mayonnaise vs. mayonaise
• Meager vs Meagre - Definition & Examples
• Mealy-mouthed
• Meaning of Binomials in English - With Examples
• Means
• Meat, meet or mete
• Media vs. Mediums – What's the Difference?
• Meeple
• Melted vs. molten
• Melting Pot – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Memento Mori or Momento Mori - Origin & Meaning in English
• Men in White Coats – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Mensch
• Merry Christmas vs Happy Christmas
• Metaphoric vs. Metaphorical - What's the Difference?
• Meter vs. metre
• Methinks
• Mexican standoff
• Mic Drop - Origin, Meaning & Sentence Examples
• Mic vs. mike
• Mice vs. mouses
• Mickey Finn – A Simple English Phrase or a Hidden Danger?
• Microsoft Editor vs. Grammarly - Which is Better?
• Might as Well - Usage & Meaning
• Might vs mite
• Milieu
• Militate or mitigate
• Millennia vs millenniums
• Milquetoast vs milktoast
• Mince words
• Mind over matter
• Mind vs mined
• Minima vs. minimums
• Minimize vs minimise
• Minimum vs minimal
• Minuet vs minute
• Minute vs. Minute – What's the Difference?
• Minutia, minutiae
• Minx vs. Mink - What's the Difference?
• Mirandize
• Mischievous vs. mischievious
• Misery Loves Company - Meaning & Origin
• Misfeasance vs. Malfeasance vs. Nonfeasance
• Misinformed vs. uninformed
• Misogyny and misandry
• Missed vs. Mist
• Misspell vs. Mispell - Meaning & Correct Spelling
• Mixed bag
• Mob or demob
• Mobile, mobile, or Mobile
• Mobilize vs mobilise
• Modal Verbs - Uses, Examples
• Modal Verbs Exercises (With Printable Worksheet)
• Modal Verbs of Ability — Examples
• Modal Verbs of Obligation — Examples
• Modals of Possibility - List of Examples
• Modeling vs. modelling
• Modus operandi (m.o, MO)
• Mold vs. Mould – Meaning, Usage and Examples
• Mollusc vs. mollusk
• Mom vs mom
• Momager
• Monday Morning Quarterback – A Remarkable Display of Guesswork
• Monetize vs demonetize
• Money Is No Object – Meaning and Origin
• Money-grabbing vs. money-grubbing
• Monkey On Your Back – Meaning and Origin
• Moose vs. mooses
• Moose vs. Mousse
• Moot vs. mute
• Mop the Floor (With Someone) — Meaning, Uses, and Examples
• Morality vs mortality
• Morays vs. mores
• More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
• More vs moor
• Moreso
• Morning vs. Mourning - Meaning, Spelling & Difference
• Motherhood and apple pie and mom and apple pie
• Motive vs motif
• Moustache vs. mustache (vs. mustachio)
• Movable feast
• Movable vs. moveable
• Move Heaven and Earth – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Move the goalposts and shift the goalposts
• Move the needle
• Mowed vs. mown
• Mr., Mrs., Ms. and Miss – Full Form and Meaning
• Much or Many - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Muchly
• Muckamuck, mucky-muck and muckety-muck
• Muddy the Waters – Idiom, Meaning, and Origin
• Muggle - Origin & Meaning
• Multitask - Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• Mum's the Word - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Mumbo Jumbo – Origin and Meaning
• Murphy's Law, Sod's Law and Finagle's Law
• Must of (must've)
• Mutually Exclusive – Meaning and Examples in a Sentence
• My Cup Runneth Over – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• My dogs are barking
• My Name Is Mud – Meaning and Origin
• My Way or the Highway – Meaning and Origin
• Myriad
• Naked as a jaybird
• Name-Calling – Definition and Examples
• Nary a
• Nativity
• Naught vs. nought
• Nay, Ney, or Neigh - Difference & Meaning
• Ne'er-do-well
• Neat as a pin
• Neck and Neck Meaning and Examples
• Neck of the Woods – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Necktie party
• Need vs knead
• Needle vs nettle
• Nefarious
• Negative prefixes
• Neighbor or Neighbour – Which Spelling Is Correct?
• Neither or Either - What's the Difference?
• Neologism
• Nerd, Geek, or Dork - What's the Difference?
• Net neutrality
• Neutralise vs neutralize
• Nevertheless vs. Nonetheless - Difference & Definition
• New York Minute – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Newbie vs noob or n00b
• Newfangled
• Nib vs nub
• Nickel-and-Dime - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Nickname
• Nimby, nimbyism
• Nip in the Bud - Origin & Meaning
• Nitty-gritty
• No Bones About It – A Direct Statement or a Gentle Confirmation?
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Meaning and Origin
• No Guts, No Glory – Meaning and Origin
• No Harm, No Foul - Meaning & Origin
• No Holds Barred – Meaning and Origin
• No horse in the race and no dog in the fight
• No ifs, ands, or buts
• No Love Lost – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• No man is an island
• No Man's Land - Definition & Meaning
• No News Is Good News – Origin and Meaning
• No One, Noone or No-one - Difference & Examples
• No pain, no gain vs no pain, no game
• No Two Ways About It – Meaning and Origin
• No vs. Not - Usage, List of Examples
• Noblesse oblige
• Nock vs. Knock
• Noel or nowel
• Nomenclature
• Nominative or Subjective Case With Examples
• Non compos mentis
• Non sequitur
• Non-finite Verbs - Uses, Examples
• None are or none is
• None of Your Beeswax or Mind Your Beeswax - Origin & Meaning
• Nonplussed
• Nonprofit vs. not-for-profit (vs. non-profit)
• Normalcy vs. normality
• Nose vs. Knows
• Not All It's Cracked Up to Be – Meaning and Origin
• Not By A Long Chalk (Shot) – Far From Its Literal Mark
• Not hardly
• Not My Cup of Tea – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Not playing with a full deck
• Not worth a plugged nickel and not worth a plug nickel
• Nothing is certain but death and taxes
• Nothing to sneeze at and not to be sneezed at
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained
• Notwithstanding
• Noun Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Nouns as adjectives
• Noxious vs obnoxious
• Nuclear family and extended family
• Number Sign - Rules and Examples
• Number vs number
• Number vs numeral
• Nun vs. None
• O vs. Oh - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Oar, ore and or
• Object lesson
• Object vs object
• Objects in Grammar – How to Identify (With Examples)
• Obliged vs. obligated
• Observance vs. observation
• Obsolescent vs. obsolete
• Ocher or ochre vs okra
• Ocher vs. ochre
• Octopuses vs. Octopi - What Is the Plural of Octopus?
• Odor or Odour - Meaning, Difference & Spelling
• Oeuvre – Usage and Meaning in English
• Off Of - Usage & Meaning
• Off the grid or off-grid
• Off the Hook—More Than Just an Escape
• Off the Rack (Peg)—A Simple Phrase for 'Ready-to-Wear'
• Off the record vs not for attribution
• Off The Wagon and On The Wagon - Meaning & Examples
• Off the Wall – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Off Your Rocker—Idioms of Eccentricity
• Off-kilter and out of kilter
• Offhand
• Oftentimes
• Oh Well - Usage & Meaning
• OK vs. Okay - Usage & Difference
• Old as Methuselah
• Old chestnut
• Old Habits Die Hard - Origin & Meaning
• Old Hat - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Old wives' tale vs old wise tale
• Old-fashioned or old fashion
• Oldie But Goodie - Origin & Meaning
• Olive branch
• Ombré, Ombre or Hombre
• Omelet vs. omelette
• On a lark
• On a Tear – Meaning and Origin
• On a Wing and Prayer - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• On Accident or By Accident - Usage & Examples
• On Cloud Nine - Origin & Meaning
• On fleek
• On the Back Foot – Meaning, Origin and Synonyms
• On the Ball—A Deep Dive into Competence
• On the Bubble – Meaning and Origin
• On the Clock – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• On the Fence - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• On the Fly – Meaning and Origin
• On the House – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• On the lam
• On the q.t.
• On the Rocks – Meaning and Origin
• On the Same Page - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• On the up and up
• On the wrong foot and on the right foot
• On your mark, get set, go! and ready, set, go!
• Onboard vs. On board
• Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Once in a Blue Moon - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Once in a lifetime vs once-in-a-lifetime
• One and the same, one in the same
• One Fell Swoop – Origin and Meaning
• One For the Books – Origin and Meaning
• One for the money, two for the show
• One good turn deserves another
• One hand washes the other
• One Size Fits All – An Idiom For Every Situation
• One-Horse Town - Meaning & Origin
• One-time vs. onetime
• One-Trick Pony – Meaning and Origin
• One-upmanship
• One's eyes are bigger than one's stomach
• Oneself vs. One's Self – Definition and Usage
• Online Portfolio Platforms—Creative Ways to Showcase Your Work
• Online vs. on-line
• Oompa Loompa
• Op-ed
• Open and shut case
• Open Class vs Closed Class Words - Meaning & Examples
• Open Secret – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Operationalise or operationalize
• Oppress, repress, suppress
• Oral vs. verbal
• Order of Adjectives — Rules, Chart
• Order of Adjectives Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• Ordinance vs. ordnance
• Organise vs. organize
• Orientate
• Origin or origins
• Ornery - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Orthopedic vs. orthopaedic
• Other fish to fry and bigger fish to fry
• Ought vs. Aught
• Ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do and die
• Out of Left Field – Meaning and Origin
• Out of My League – Acknowledging Superiority or Just Self-Doubt
• Out of Pocket - Meaning, Origin, & Definition
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind - Usage & Meaning
• Out of Sorts - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Out of the blocks and off the blocks
• Out of the Blue - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Out of the frying pan and into the fire
• Out of the Loop (In the Loop) – Indicating Ignorance or Knowledge?
• Out of the Woods – Idioms for Overcoming Difficulties
• Out of whole cloth
• Outset vs onset
• Over a Barrel - Origin & Meaning
• Over the Hump – Meaning and Origin
• Over the Top - Meaning & Origin
• Over- and under- (prefixes)
• Overlook vs look over
• Overly
• Overnight vs. over night
• Oversee vs overlook
• Oversees vs. Overseas
• Overtake, take over and takeover
• Overthink vs think over
• Overtime vs over time
• Overtones vs. undertones
• Own Up – Meaning, Usage and Examples
• p.d.q.
• Packed vs. Pact
• Packs vs pax
• Paean, paeon, peon
• Pail vs. Pale
• Paint The Town Red – How To Let Loose And Have Some Fun
• Pair vs. pare vs. pear
• Pajamas vs. pyjamas
• Palate, palette, pallet
• Pale in comparison
• Palpable vs palatable
• Pan Out – Origin & Meaning
• Panhandle
• Paper Tiger - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Par Excellence - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Par for the Course – Meaning and Origin
• Parameter vs perimeter
• Paramount vs. tantamount
• Pardon My French – A Polite Excuse or a Veil for Obscenity?
• Parentheses (Round Bracket) Use With Examples
• Parentheses or Parenthesis - What's the Difference?
• Parenthetical Phrases - Definition & Examples
• Pariah vs piranha
• Parlay vs. parley
• Parlor or parlour
• Parody vs parity
• Parol vs. Parole
• Parricide vs. patricide
• Part and parcel
• Participial prepositions
• Participle Clauses - Usage, List of Examples
• Pass muster vs pass mustard
• Pass with flying colors
• Passed vs. past
• Passerbys or passersby
• Passing strange
• Passing the Torch - How To Properly Transfer Responsibilities
• Passive Voice - Usage, Misuses
• Passive Voice Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Passive vs. Active Voice - Difference, Examples
• Past Continuous Tense - Uses, Examples
• Past Participle Adjectives - Uses & Examples
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense - Uses & Examples
• Past Perfect Tense - Uses, Examples
• Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense Exercises
• Pastime vs past time
• Pasty vs pasty
• Pathetic vs apathetic
• Patience vs. Patients - Usage, Meaning & Spelling
• Patron vs. Benefactor - Difference & Definition
• Patsy
• Patty vs paddy
• Paucity - Meaning & Examples in a Sentence
• Pause vs paws
• Pay It Forward - Meaning, Synonyms & Examples
• Pay Lip Service - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Pay the Piper - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Pay Through the Nose – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Payback vs. pay back
• Payed vs. Paid - Definition, Difference & Examples
• Peaceable vs. peaceful
• Pearls of wisdom
• Peccadillo
• Pecking Order – Origin and Meaning
• Pediatric or paediatric
• Peer vs pier
• Penal vs. penile
• Penchant vs pension
• Pendant vs. Pendent - Meaning & Difference
• Penny for Your Thoughts – Origin and Meaning
• People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
• Peplum vs pablum
• Per Se or Per Say - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Percent vs. per cent
• Peremptory vs pre-emptory
• Perfect Storm - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Period Punctuation Rules and Examples
• Periodic vs. Periodical - Origin, Usage and Examples
• Perk vs perq
• Permit vs permit
• Pernickety vs. persnickety
• Perquisite vs. prerequisite (vs. requisite)
• Persona non grata
• Personal Branding for Writers—Stand Out from the Crowd
• Personal vs personable
• Personality vs personage vs persona
• Personification vs anthropomorphism
• Persons vs. People - Proper Usage & Examples
• Persuade vs dissuade
• Peruse
• Pervert vs subvert
• Pet vs. petted
• Petulant vs impetuous
• Pharaoh or Pharoah
• Phial vs. vial (vs. vile)
• Philly vs. Filly
• Phoning It In or Phone It In - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Phony vs. phoney
• Phosphate vs. Phosphorus vs. Phosphorous
• Photo Bomb or Photobomber - Usage, Meaning & Origin
• Photogenic vs photographic
• Phrasal adjectives
• Phrasal Verbs - List, Uses & Examples
• Phrasal Verbs Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Phrases
• Pi and Pie - Spelling, Difference & Meaning
• Pickup vs. Pick Up (vs. Pick-up)
• Pie hole
• Pie in the Sky - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Piebald, skewbald, pinto or paint
• Pièce de résistance
• Piece of Cake – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Piece vs. Peace - Homophones, Meaning & Spelling
• Piecemeal
• Pig in a Poke – Meaning and Origin
• Pigeon Hole - Origin & Meaning
• Piggy bank
• Piggyback
• Pincer vs. pincher
• Pipe Down – A Polite Request for Silence
• Pipe dream
• Piping Hot - Origin & Meaning
• Pipsqueak
• Pissant
• Pit stop
• Pitcher vs picture
• Pith vs pit
• Pithy
• Pixelated vs. pixilated
• Place card vs placard
• Plain sailing, smooth sailing, and clear sailing
• Plain vs. plane
• Plainclothes
• Plait vs. Plate
• Plan B - Idiom & Meaning
• Plaque vs plack
• Plateaus vs. plateaux
• Play By Ear - Meaning and Usage
• Play Fast and Loose – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Play for Keeps – Meaning and Origin
• Play one's cards right
• Play Second Fiddle – Playing A Less Important Role
• Playing With Fire – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Playwright vs. playwrite
• Pleaded or Pled - Definition & Examples
• Please vs. Pleas
• Plenitude vs. plentitude
• Plethora
• Plough vs. plow
• Plug-ugly vs pug-ugly
• Plum vs. plumb
• Plural Form - Is It Potatoes or Potatos or Tomatoes or Tomatos?
• Plural Nouns - Rules, List of Examples
• Plural of Platypus - Platypuses or Platypi?
• Plural Possessive Nouns - Rules and Examples
• Plurals of nouns ending in 'Y'
• Plutocrat vs autocrat
• Poetic justice
• Pogrom vs genocide
• Point in time
• Point of view, standpoint, viewpoint
• Point-blank
• Poker Face - Meaning and Definition
• Polemic vs Polemical - What's the Difference?
• Polish vs. Polish - Meaning & Difference
• Politics
• Polka dot
• Pollyanna
• Pomp and circumstance
• Pompom vs. pompon (vs. pom-pom etc.)
• Pony up
• Poo vs. pooh
• Poof, Pouf or Pouffe
• Poor sport, sore loser and sore winner
• Pop culture
• Pop one's clogs
• Poppycock
• Populace vs. populous
• Porch vs. Veranda vs. Verandah - Difference & Definition
• Pore over vs. pour over
• Pore, pour or poor
• Portend vs. portent
• Poseur vs poser
• Possessive Adjectives - Definition, Examples
• Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns
• Possessive Pronouns - List, Examples
• Possessive Pronouns Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Possibility vs probability
• Poster child
• Postpositive adjectives
• Potentiality
• Practicable vs. practical
• Practice What You Preach - Origin & Meaning
• Practise or Practice - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Prank call or crank call
• Preaching to the Choir – Meaning and Origin
• Predicate Nominative - Definition and Examples
• Predict vs predicate
• Predominantly vs. Predominately - Usage & Meaning
• Premier vs. premiere
• Preposition Collocations Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Preposition Exercises (With Printable Worksheet)
• Preposition vs. proposition
• Prepositions of Place - Definition, Examples
• Prepositions of Place Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Prepositions of Time - Usage, Examples
• Present company excepted vs present company accepted
• Present Continuous Tense - Uses & Examples
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense - Uses, Examples
• Present Perfect Tense - Uses, Examples
• Present Perfect vs Past Simple Tense Worksheets & Explanation
• Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
• Present Simple and Future Simple Exercises (+ Printable PDF)
• Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Tense
• Present vs present
• Preserve vs persevere
• Presume vs. Assume - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Presumptive vs. presumptuous
• Pretentious vs portentous
• Preternatural vs supernatural
• Preventative vs. preventive
• Previous vs. prior
• Pride comes before a fall and pride goeth before a fall
• Prima Donna - Definition & Meaning
• Primal scream
• Prime the Pump – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Primrose Path—A Metaphor for Easy But Risky Choices
• Principal vs. Principle - Definition & Difference
• Printable Simple Past Tense Worksheets for Grade 3
• Prioritize vs prioritise
• Prise or Prize or Pries – What's the Difference?
• Problematic vs. problematical
• Procede vs. Precede vs. Proceed - What's the Difference?
• Procrastinate
• Prodigal and prodigy
• Prodigious vs prolific
• Produce vs produce
• Profit vs. Prophet
• Program vs. Programme - Difference, Meaning & Examples
• Project vs project
• Promulgate vs propagate
• Pronoun Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Proof is in the pudding
• Proofread Anywhere Review - Is it Worth It?
• Proofreader Cover Letter Examples and Tips
• Proofreading and Editing Examples
• Proofreading Certification - How To Get Certified
• Proofreading Checklist - 12 Essential Things To Look For
• Proofreading Errors—Catching Pitfalls Before Publication
• Proofreading Errors—From Typos to Tangles
• Proofreading Rates - Per Word and Hourly With Charts
• Proofreading vs. Revising - What is the Difference?
• Prophecy vs. prophesy
• Proportional vs. proportionate
• Props
• Protagonist vs. Antagonist - Definitions and Examples
• Protégé
• Proved vs. proven
• Providence vs province
• Province vs provenance
• Proximal vs proximate
• Pseudo
• Psych vs. psyche
• Pull one's weight
• Pull the Plug – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Pull the rug out from under
• Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes – A Simple Phrase Or A Way To Fool Someone?
• Pull Up Stakes or Up Sticks - Origin & Meaning
• Pulling Out All the Stops – Meaning and Origin
• Pulling Teeth – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Pullout, pull-out, pull out
• Puppy love or poppy love
• Pure as the Driven Snow – Origin and Meaning
• Purposely vs. purposefully
• Push My Buttons—Invoking Strong Emotional Reactions
• Push the Envelope—A Simple Phrase for Going Beyond
• Pushing Up Daisies - Meaning & Origin
• Pussy vs pussy
• Put a flea in someone's ear vs put a bug in someone's ear
• Put on heirs or airs
• Put on Hold – Idiom, Meaning and Examples
• Put On Ice – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Put one's cards on the table and lay one's cards on the table
• Put One’s Finger on Something—An Idiom of Precise Understanding
• Put though the wringer vs put through the ringer
• Put Two and Two Together – Drawing an Obvious Conclusion
• Put Up or Shut Up – Meaning and Origin
• Put up with
• Put words in someone's mouth
• Putative vs punitive
• Putting the Cart Before the Horse – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Putting vs putting
• Quaff vs coif
• Qualitative vs. qualitive
• Quantitative vs. quantitive
• Quantum
• Quash vs. squash
• Quasi
• Que Sera Sera – A Universal Expression of Fate
• Quelch vs. squelch
• Query vs inquiry
• Question Mark – Grammar and Punctuation Rules
• Question Mark After "I Was Wondering" - Guide & Examples
• Question Mark and Quotation Marks - Usage & Examples
• Questions in English Grammar - Structure & Examples
• Quillbot Review
• Quillbot vs Grammarly
• Quire vs. Choir - Meaning, Difference & Spelling
• Quiver vs quaver
• Quotation Marks (") - Rules and Examples
• Quotation Marks or Italics In Titles?
• Quote Unquote - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Quote vs quotation
• Quote Within a Quote - Guide and Examples
• Rack vs. wrack
• Racket vs. racquet
• Radical vs. Radicle
• Rail vs. Rale
• Rain Check - Idiom, Slang & Meaning
• Rain vs. Rein vs. Reign - Difference in Definition & Spelling
• Raise Cain
• Raise One’s Hackles or Get One’s Hackles Up
• Raise the Bar – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Rake over the coals and haul over the coals
• Randomize vs randomise
• Rap on the Knuckles – Idiom, Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Rappel vs. repel
• Rapt vs. wrapt
• Raring to Go - Meaning and Origin
• Rat Race - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Rational or rationale
• Ravaging vs. ravishing
• Re-create vs. recreate
• Reactionary vs. reactive
• Read Between the Lines – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Read the Riot Act – Meaning and Origin
• Read the Room - Origin & Meaning
• Read vs read
• Real-time vs. Real Time
• Realise vs. realize
• Realty vs reality
• Reappropriate
• Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
• Rebel vs rebel
• Rebuke vs refute
• Rebut vs refute
• Recant vs recount
• Receipt vs. Recipe - Difference in Meaning & Spelling
• Recent vs. resent
• Recognize vs recognise
• Record vs record
• Recuse vs excuse
• Red carpet
• Red Flag – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Red vs. Read - Usage, Difference & Meaning
• Red-Letter Day - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Redact vs retract
• Redneck vs. Hillbilly vs. Hick - What's the Difference?
• Redress vs readdress
• Reed vs read
• Reef vs wreath
• Referendum
• Reflexive Pronouns - Definition & Examples
• Refuse vs refuse
• Regard vs. regards
• Regift
• Regime vs. regimen
• Regimen vs regiment
• Regrettable vs. regretful
• Reinvent the Wheel - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Relative Clauses - Definition, Examples
• Relative Clauses Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Relative Pronouns - Usage & Examples
• Relevancy vs. Relevance - Usage, Difference & Meaning
• Reluctant vs reticent
• Remunerate vs. renumerate
• Renascence and renaissance
• Rend or rent
• Renege vs rescind
• Repair vs reparation
• Repel vs. repulse
• Repertoire or repertory
• Repetition vs repetitiveness
• Repetitive vs redundant
• Reported Speech - Rules, Examples
• Reported Speech Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Reporting Verbs - Usage, List of Examples
• Reporting Verbs Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• Represent vs represent
• Repudiate and refudiate
• Repudiate vs refute
• Resent vs resent
• Resign vs re-sign
• Resilience vs. resiliency
• Resister vs. Resistor
• Resolve vs solve
• Respective, respectively
• Rest on one's laurels
• Rest or Wrest - Meaning & Difference
• Restaurateur vs. restauranteur
• Restitution vs retribution
• Restive
• Restrict vs constrict
• Restrictive and nonrestrictive
• Retrograde vs anterograde or antegrade
• Retrospect vs introspect
• Reverent vs reverend
• Reverso Grammar Review
• Revising vs. Editing - What's the Difference?
• Rhyme or reason
• Ridded
• Riding Coattails—Success by Association
• Riding Shotgun — Meaning, Uses, Examples & Origin
• Rife vs. ripe
• Riff vs. rift
• Riffle vs rifle
• Riffraff
• Riffraff vs riprap
• Right as Rain - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Right Off the Bat – Meaning and Origin
• Right-of-way
• Right-side up
• Rime vs. Rhyme – What's the Difference?
• Ring a Bell- Meaning, Uses, Examples & Origin
• Rise Like a Phoenix From the Ashes
• Risky vs risqué
• Robbing Peter to Pay Paul – Meaning and Origin
• Rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock'n'roll, etc.
• Rock the Boat – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Role vs. Roll - Difference & Meaning
• Roll Up Your Sleeves - Meaning, Uses, Examples & Origin
• Rollout vs. roll out
• Rollover vs. roll over
• Roofs vs. rooves
• Roommate, room mate or room-mate
• Root vs. route vs. rout
• Rose Colored Glasses – An Idiom Of Optimism Or Ignorance
• Rot vs. Wrought
• Rouge vs. Rogue – What's the Difference?
• Roux, rue or roué
• Row vs row
• Rows vs rose
• Royal "we"
• RSVP
• Rub someone the wrong way and rub someone up the wrong way
• Rub someone's nose in it
• Rubenesque
• Rude vs. Rued
• Ruff vs. Rough - Spelling, Usage & Meaning
• Ruffle someone's feathers
• Rule of thumb
• Rumour or Rumor - Difference & Meaning
• Run It Up the Flagpole — Meaning, Uses, Examples and Origin
• Run Out the Clock - Origin & Meaning
• Run rings around someone and run circles around someone
• Run the Gauntlet – A Risky Situation or Corporal Punishment?
• Run-on sentences
• Runaway vs. run away
• Rung vs. Wrung
• Rye vs wry
• Sac vs. Sack
• Sachet vs. Sashay
• Sacrilege, sacrilegious
• Sadist vs. Masochist vs. Sadomasochism - Difference & Definition
• Said
• Said the Actress to the Bishop - Meaning & Origin
• Sail vs. Sale - Homophones, Difference & Meaning
• Salacious
• Salt of the Earth – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Saltwater vs. salt water
• Salubrious vs lugubrious
• Salvage vs selvage or selvedge
• Same Difference - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Same old same old
• Samovar vs scimitar
• Sanatorium vs sanatarium
• Sang vs sung
• Sangfroid - Meaning & Examples
• Sanguine vs exsanguinate
• Sanitise vs. Sanitize
• Sank vs. sunk
• Sans - Usage, Meaning & Definition
• Sartorial vs satirical
• Satire vs satyr
• Satisficing vs satisfying
• Savanna vs. savannah
• Save For A Rainy Day – An Idiom For Financial Advice
• Save one's bacon
• Saved By the Bell – Meaning, Uses, Examples and Origin
• Saviour or Savior – Which One to Use?
• Savoir faire
• Sawing Logs – An Innocent Phrase for Snoring
• Say one's peace vs piece
• Say When – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Scam or sham
• Scapegoat or Escape Goat - Origin & Meaning
• Scared vs scarred
• Scarfs vs. scarves
• Scatological
• Sceptic vs. skeptic
• Schadenfreude - Usage & Meaning in English
• Schema or schematic
• Schmuck versus putz
• Scissors
• Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel—How to Express Poor Quality
• Scrapped vs scraped
• Scratch the surface
• Scribens Review
• Scrimp vs skimp
• Scrip vs script
• Scrumdiddlyumptious
• Scrummy
• Sculpture vs sculptor
• Sea Change – A Slight Alteration or a Complete Transformation
• Sear vs. seer vs. sere
• Seas, sees or seize
• Seasonable vs seasonal
• Secede vs. succeed
• Second Conditional - Examples
• Second Conditional Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Second string
• Second that emotion or notion or motion
• Second-Guess - Usage & Meaning
• Secret Santa
• Secret vs. secretive
• Sediment vs sentiment
• Sedimentary vs sedentary
• See a Man About a Horse—A Classic Excuse
• See Eye to Eye - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
• See vs. Sea - Usage, Difference & Meaning
• Seen Better Days – Meaning & Origin
• Seen vs. Scene - Homophones & Meaning
• Seldomly - Meaning & Definition
• Self vs self
• Semi-, hemi-, and demi-
• Semicolon vs. Period - Which One To Use?
• Sense vs. Since vs. Cense – What's the Difference?
• Senses vs census
• Sentence Structure Types and Examples
• Sentience vs sapience
• Separate vs separate
• Separate vs. Seperate - What's the Difference?
• Sepulcher, crypt, catacomb or mausoleum
• Sequins vs sequence
• Series
• Set in Stone, Carved in Stone or Written in Stone
• Set Up vs. Setup vs. Set-up
• Sever vs severe
• Sew vs. Sow - What's the difference?
• Sewer vs sewer
• Shake a Leg - Meaning, Uses, Examples and Origin
• Shake one's head vs nod one's head
• Shake vs. Sheikh
• Shall vs. will
• Shame vs ashamed
• Shape up or ship out
• Sharable vs. shareable
• Shard or sherd
• Share and share alike vs per stirpes
• Sharp as a Tack—An Idiom for Being Mentally Alert
• Shat vs. shitted
• Shaved vs. shaven
• Shed vs. shedded
• Sheik, Chic or Sheek - What's the Difference?
• Shelf vs. shelve
• Shenanigans
• Shined or Shone – Difference, Definition and Examples
• Ships passing in the night
• Shoe vs. Shoo
• Shoestring Budget - A Creative Expression for Limited Money
• Shoot the Breeze - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Shoot Yourself in the Foot—An Expression of Self-Destruction 
• Shooting Fish in a Barrel – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Shop till you drop
• Shopping cart or buggy
• Short End of the Stick or Wrong End of the Stick
• Short Fuse – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Short Leash – Meaning and Origin
• Shot Across the Bow – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Shotgun Wedding - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Should have, should've or should of
• Shoveled/shoveling vs. shovelled/shovelling
• Show one's true colors
• Shrinking Violet – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Shriveled/Shriveling vs. Shrivelled/Shrivelling
• Shtick
• Shuffle off This Mortal Coil—Exploring the Afterlife
• Shut or close the barn door after the horse has bolted
• Sic vs. sick
• Sight for Sore Eyes - Origin & Meaning
• Sight vs. site
• Sign Up vs. Signup
• Significant Other - Meaning & Origin
• Silicon vs. silicone
• Silver-tongued
• Sing for one's supper
• Singly vs singularly
• Sink vs. Sync
• Sisyphean, Promethean or Herculean
• Sit at the feet of someone
• Sit vs set
• Site vs. Cite - What's the Difference?
• Sitting Duck – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other – Breaking Down Similarity
• Six ways from Sunday
• Skating on thin ice and on thin ice
• Skeleton in the closet and skeleton in the cupboard
• Skilful vs. skillful
• Slash (Virgule) Punctuation Rules With Examples
• Slave driver
• Slay vs. Sleigh
• Slayed or slew
• Sled, sledge, sleigh and toboggan
• Sleep like a top
• Sleep with the Fishes—A Helpful Idiom or a Trouble Spot
• Slough vs slough
• Slough vs. Slew
• Slow and steady wins the race
• Small Potatoes – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Smart alec and smart aleck
• Smartphone vs smart phone
• Smarty-pants and smarty-boots
• Smelled vs. Smelt - Difference & Meaning
• Smite, smote, smitten
• Smoke and Mirrors – Meaning and Origin
• Smokey vs. smoky
• Smooth vs. Smoothe vs. Smoothen
• Snake in the Grass - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Sneaked vs. snuck
• So to speak
• Social Media for Freelance Writers—Likes, Branding, Engagement
• Social vs sociable
• Solder vs soldier
• Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, & Sailors - What's the Difference?
• Soliloquy vs monologue
• Somber vs. sombre
• Some and Any Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Some odd
• Some Time vs Sometime vs Sometimes - What's the Difference?
• Some vs sum
• Some vs. Any - Usage, List of Examples & Exercises
• Some way vs. someway
• Somebody vs. someone
• Someday vs. some day
• Someplace vs. some place
• Something has legs
• Something, Anything, Nothing & Everything
• Sooner rather than later
• Sort Of - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• SOS and Mayday
• Sot vs. Sought
• Sound like a broken record
• Sounding Board – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Sour Grapes - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Sow vs sow
• Spaces between sentences
• Spake
• Spanish fly
• Spartan
• Spat or spitted
• Spatter vs. splatter
• Speak now or forever hold your peace
• Speak of the Devil—From Phrase to Folklore
• Speak to
• Speak truth to power
• Speak with a forked tongue
• Speaks volumes
• Spearhead - Usage & Definition
• Speciality vs. specialty
• Species
• Specious vs spurious
• Speck vs. Spec
• Specter vs. spectre
• Spectra vs. spectrums
• Sped vs. speeded
• Spelling Strategies and Techniques For Students and Adults
• Spelt or Spelled - Difference & Examples
• Spend a penny
• Spic and span vs spick and span
• Spiel or Schpiel - Meaning, Spelling & Examples
• Spill the beans
• Spilled vs. spilt
• Spin a Yarn - Origin & Meaning
• Spit and Image, Spitting Image, or Splitting Image
• Spitballing – Meaning and Origin
• Spitz vs. Spits
• Split Infinitive – Usage, Rules and Examples
• Spoiled vs. spoilt
• Spoof
• Spoonerism vs malapropism
• Spreaded
• Spruce Up – Origin and Meaning
• Spur of the Moment – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Spur vs. spurn
• Stabbed in the Back – Uncovering Betrayal
• Stadia vs. stadiums
• Staid vs stayed
• Stained glass
• Stalking Horse – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Stanch vs. staunch
• Stand alone vs standalone
• Stand one's ground and hold one's ground
• Stand the test of time
• Standby vs. stand by
• Start from scratch
• Stat vs now
• State of the art
• Stationary vs. stationery
• Stative Verbs - Uses, Examples
• Stative Verbs Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Status quo
• Statute of limitations
• Stay on top of
• Staycation - Meaning & Etymology
• Steal vs steel
• Stem-winder or stemwinder
• Step into the breach
• Step up to the Plate – Assuming the Challenge
• Stick a fork in it
• Stick one's neck out
• Stick out like a sore thumb
• Stick to, stick by, or stick with
• Stick-in-the-Mud - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Sticks and stones
• Sticktoitiveness
• Stiff Upper Lip – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Stigma, stigmas or stigmata
• Still Waters Run Deep – Origin and Meaning
• Stint or Stent - Difference in Meaning & Usage
• Stir the Pot or Stirring the Pot – Meaning and Origin
• Stir up a hornets' nest and stir up a hornet's nest
• Stir-Crazy – Origin, Usage and Meaning
• Stock vs stalk
• Stocking stuffer and stocking filler
• Stolen vs. Stollen
• Stomping ground and stamping ground
• Stonewall - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Stop and Smell the Roses — Meaning, Uses, Examples and Origin
• Storey vs. Story – What's the Difference?
• Storm in a Teacup – Excessive Enthusiasm or Unnecessary Fuss?
• Storytelling Development—Mastering Narrative Nuances
• Straight A's – Scoring the Highest Grades
• Straight and Narrow – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Straight from the horse's mouth
• Straight Shooter – An Idiom For Being Straightforward
• Stratagem vs. strategy
• Strike While the Iron Is Hot – Meaning and Origin
• Striped/striping vs stripped/stripping
• Strived, striven, strove
• Strop vs strap
• Sty vs. Stye
• Style vs stile
• Sub rosa vs sub-rosa
• Sub vs infra
• Subconscious vs. unconscious
• Subject and Object Pronouns Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Subject and Object Questions — Difference and Examples
• Subject and Object Questions Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• Subject to vs subjected to
• Subject vs. Object Pronouns - Usage, Difference & Examples
• Subject-verb agreement
• Subjugated vs subjected to
• Subjunctive Mood - Definition, Examples
• Substantial vs. substantive
• Substantive (Structural) Editing—Enhancing Clarity and Flow
• Subtle vs. subtil
• Suede vs. Swayed
• Suffice to Say or Suffice It to Say - Meaning & Examples
• Sugar Daddy – A Symbol of Wealth or an Expression of Companionship
• Sui generis
• Suit vs suite
• Suite vs. Sweet
• Sulfur vs. sulphur
• Summa cum laude or magna cum laude
• Summary vs. summery
• Summons and summonses
• Sun vs. Son - Homophones, Meaning & Spelling
• Sunday driver
• Sunday vs. Sundae - Difference, Meaning & Spelling
• Super vs supra
• Super vs ultra
• Superlative Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Superlatives - Definition, Examples
• Supersede or supercede
• Suppose To or Supposed To – Usage and Examples
• Surely vs surly
• Surveil
• Suspect vs suspect
• Suspect, person of interest or perpetrator
• Svengali
• Swanning around and swanning about
• Swatch vs swath
• Swath vs. swathe
• Sweat vs. sweated
• Sweet Tooth - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Sweeten the pot
• Swing for the Fences—Idiomatic Power Play
• Sword of Damocles
• Sycophant
• Symbol vs. Cymbal – Meaning, Homophones and Spelling
• Synchronise or synchronize
• Systematic vs systematical
• Systematic vs. systemic
• T-shirt, t-shirt, tee-shirt, tee shirt
• Tack vs. tact
• Tad bit vs tidbit
• Tag Questions - Uses, Examples
• Tag Questions Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Tail Wagging the Dog – Idiom, Meaning and Examples
• Take a Bath – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Take a Gander - Meaning & Examples
• Take a Hike – Meaning and Origin
• Take a knee
• Take a powder
• Take a Shot—Encouraging Bold Moves
• Take a toll and take its toll
• Take for granted or take for granite
• Take It With A Grain (Pinch) Of Salt – Behind The Skepticism
• Take No Prisoners - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Take over vs. takeover
• Take someone for a ride
• Take That to the Bank—A Guide to Teaching Reliable Statements
• Take the bull by the horns and grab the bull by the horns
• Take the cake
• Take the High Road - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Take the reins
• Take to the cleaners
• Takeaway and takeout
• Taken Back or Taken Aback - Which One to Use?
• Talk a blue streak and curse a blue streak
• Talk Is Cheap – Know The Difference Between Words and Action
• Talk of the Town - Origin & Meaning
• Talk out of both sides of one’s mouth
• Talk to the Hand - Origin & Meaning
• Talk turkey
• Tamper vs temper
• Taro vs tarot
• Tartar or tartare
• Tattletale vs telltale
• Tea vs tee
• Teacher's Pet—From Classroom to Culture
• Tear vs tier
• Tear vs. Tare
• Tear vs. Tear - Usage, Difference & Meaning
• Technical Writing—Beyond Instructions
• Telegram vs. telegraph
• Tell It to the Marines – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Temblor, tremblor or trembler
• Tempus Fugit - Origin & Meaning in English
• Tenant vs. tenet
• Tenure vs tenor
• Terminal Punctuation - How to End a Sentence
• Terrific vs terrifying
• Test Your Punctuation Skills (Quizzes With Answers)
• Testament vs. testimony
• Testing the Waters - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Tete-a-tete
• Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day
• That or Who – When and How to Use Correctly?
• That vs. which
• That which
• That's All She Wrote – An Unexpected End Or Finality
• The $64,000 question
• The Ampersand (&) - How and When to Use It
• The Ball Is in Your Court—A Phrase of Responsibility or Challenge
• The Best Free Freelance Writer Invoice Templates—Getting Paid on Time
• The Best of Both Worlds - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• The big picture
• The birds and the bees
• The Bronx
• The Caret Symbol: How to Use It and What It Means
• The Clock Is Ticking or Time Is Ticking - Origin & Meaning
• The Customer Is Always Right - Origin, Meaning & Explanation
• The Devil Is in the Details - Origin & Meaning
• The die is cast
• The end justifies the means
• The exception that proves the rule
• The face that launched a thousand ships
• The fair sex and the fairer sex
• The Game is Afoot - Meaning, Origin and Usage
• The genie is out of the bottle
• The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs — Meaning & Origin
• The Grammarist Insider Daily
• The Hill You Want to Die On – Meaning and Origin
• The Impact of Advanced Education on English Grammar Teaching Techniques
• The Importance of Punctuation
• The Interrobang Punctuation Mark(‽) - How to Use it Properly
• The Jig Is Up – A Surprising Insight into English Deceptions
• The Late - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• The lesser of two evils
• The Meaning of Step on Toes and How to Offend Someone
• The nature of the beast
• The penny dropped
• The pick of the litter
• The Pilcrow or Paragraph Symbol ¶ (Keyboard Shortcuts)
• The Pipe Symbol (|): A Comprehensive Guide
• The quick and the dead
• The Road Less Traveled – Daring to be Different
• The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions - Origin & Meaning
• The Role of Research in Academic Essay Writing
• The Straw Man Fallacy: Meaning and Examples
• The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back – Series Of Unpleasant Events
• The Third Degree – Meaning, Idiom & Origin
• The Ultimate Guide to Showcasing Freelance Work on Your Resume
• The whole megillah
• The World Is Your Oyster—Exploring Unlimited Possibilities
• The worm has turned
• Theater vs. Theatre - What's the Difference?
• Their, them, themselves, they (as singular pronouns)
• Them's the breaks or brakes
• Then vs. Than - When to Use Each (With Examples)
• There Is vs. There Are — Difference
• There Is vs. There Are Exercises (with Printable PDF)
• There, Their, and They're - Differences and Examples (With Quiz)
• There's no free lunch
• Therefore – Usage and Examples in a Sentence
• Therefore vs therefor
• Thesauri or thesaurusus
• Think on one's feet
• Third Conditional - Uses, Examples
• Third Conditional Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Third Time's the Charm—The Power of Persistence
• Third Wheel and Fifth Wheel – Meaning & Origin
• This Ain't My First Rodeo – From Novice To Veteran
• This, That, These, and Those Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Thorn in the Flesh—More Than a Painful Idiom
• Thoroughbred vs purebred
• Three Sheets to the Wind – Navigating the 'Drunk' Language
• Three-Ring Circus - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Threshold or threshhold
• Throne vs thrown
• Through vs. Threw - Which One to Use and When
• Through vs. Thru - Difference, Usage & Examples
• Throw good money after bad
• Throw My Hat in the Ring - Meaning and Origin
• Throw or toss someone a bone
• Throwing In The Towel – The Symbol of Surrender
• Throwing Shade - Origin, Meaning & Examples
• Thrust, thrusted
• Thumb one’s nose and cock a snook
• Thumbs up and thumbs down
• Thusly
• Thyme vs. Time
• Tic vs. tick
• Tickled Pink—Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Tide Someone Over vs. Tied Someone Over - Origin & Definition
• Tie the Knot or Tying the Knot - Meaning & Origin
• Tiger by the Tail – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Tilde Symbol (~) Definition, Usage, and Examples
• Till the Cows Come Home – From Now to Infinity
• Tilting at windmills
• Time heals all wounds
• Time waits for no man
• Timeout vs. time out
• Tinder vs tender
• Tinker's damn and tinker's dam
• Tinseltown
• Tips for Editing Your Research Paper (Checklist Included)
• Tire vs. tyre
• Tit for Tat - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Title Capitalization Rules - Ultimate Guide
• Titles of Works - Punctuation Guide
• Titter vs titer
• To a T
• To boot
• To Cool One's Heels - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• To err is human; to forgive, divine
• To Fan the Flames – Idiom, Meaning & Sentence Examples
• To Feather One's Nest – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• To Get Wind of — Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• To Harp On – The Persistence of Complaint
• To hear crickets
• To say the least and to say the least of it
• To the hilt
• To the victor belong the spoils
• To vs. Too - The Difference With Examples
• To wit
• Toe the line
• Toe vs. Tow
• Toffee-Nosed - Origin & Meaning
• Toile vs tulle
• Tole vs. Toll
• Tolerance vs. toleration
• Tomayto, tomahto and potayto, potahto
• Ton vs. Tonne - What's the Difference?
• Tongue-in-Cheek – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• Too big for one's britches or breeches and too big for one's boots
• Too Many Irons in the Fire – Beyond Multitasking
• Too much of a good thing
• Tool vs tulle
• Toot Sweet – Meaning and Origin
• Toot Your Own Horn or Blow Your Own Horn — Meaning and Examples
• Tooth and Nails – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Top 10 Benefits of Using AI for Enhanced Writing and Communication
• Top 5 AI-Powered Resume Builder Tools for Freelancers
• Top 9 Worst Writing Tips Ever: A Humorous Breakdown
• Top AI Proofreading Tools—Revolutionize Effortless Solutions
• Top banana and second banana
• Top dog
• Top Freelance Writing Tools—Essentials to Boost Your Craft
• Top Proofreading Apps Reviewed—A Wordsmith's Toolkit
• Totaled/totaling vs. totalled/totalling
• Touch and go
• Touch base
• Touche or touché
• Tough row to hoe
• Tour de force
• Toward vs. Towards - What's the Difference?
• Toweled or towelled
• Towhead
• Track and field and athletics
• Tract vs. Track - Difference in Meaning & Usage
• Tragedy vs travesty
• Trainer or trainor
• Transport vs. transportation
• Trap vs entrap
• Travel, Traveled & Travelling - What's the Difference?
• Trawl vs. troll
• Treasurys
• Treatise vs treaties
• Treble vs. triple
• Triage
• Trial By Fire—Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Trick or treat vs trick-or-treat
• Tried and True – Meaning and Origin
• Trip the Light Fantastic—From Dance Floor to Language
• Troglodyte
• Troop vs. troupe
• Trouper vs. Trooper - Meaning, Difference & Examples
• Trump card
• Trussed vs. Trust
• Tsk Tsk or Tisk Tisk - Meaning & Examples
• Tumor vs. tumour
• Tunneled, Tunneling vs. Tunnelled, Tunnelling - What's the Difference?
• Turbid, turgid, torpid
• Turn Over a New Leaf - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Turn over vs turnover
• Turn the Other Cheek – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Turnabout is fair play
• Turnkey vs turn key
• Tutor vs. Tudor
• Tween
• Twiddle one's thumbs
• Two can play at that game
• Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail – Origin and Meaning
• Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right - Proverb, Meaning & Examples
• Two's company, three's a crowd
• Types of Editors and Editing—From Copy to Content
• Types of Sentences With Examples - Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, and Interrogative
• Uber
• Ubiquitous
• Udder vs. utter
• Ulterior motive
• Unawares
• Uncomparable adjectives
• Uncountable Nouns - List, Definition & Examples
• Under false pretenses and under false pretences
• Under My Skin – Meaning & Origin
• Under one's belt
• Under one's nose
• Under the table
• Under the Weather – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• Under Wraps Meaning – When and How To Convey Secrets
• Underlie or underline
• Understanding "Lay of the Land" – Your Ultimate Guide
• Underwater vs. Under Water
• Underway vs. under way
• Undoubtably vs. undoubtedly
• Unfamous or infamous
• Unionized vs unionized
• Unique
• United States (plural or singular?)
• Unkempt, unkept
• Unputdownable
• Unsung hero
• Until one is blue in the face
• Until the last dog is hung
• Unwitting vs unwilling
• Up and at ‘em vs up and Adam or atom
• Up the creek and up a creek
• Up to date
• Up to Scratch – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• Up to snuff
• Up to Speed – Meaning and Origin
• Upfront or Up Front – What's the Difference?
• Upmost vs. utmost
• Upper crust
• Upper Hand (or Have the Upper Hand) - Meaning & Origin
• Upset the applecart
• Urban vs urbane
• Urban, suburban and rural
• Use vs. Utilize – What's the Difference?
• Used To or Use To? - Meaning and Examples
• Using Apostrophes To Show Possession and Ownership
• Using Commas With Introductory Phrases
• Using the Idiom Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish Correctly
• Usually always
• Vacuous vs. vapid
• Vagabond and vagrant
• Vale, vail, or veil
• Valedictorian and salutatorian
• Valentine's Day
• Variance vs variants
• Varied vs various
• Variety Is the Spice of Life—Going Beyond Monotony
• Vary vs. Very – Homophones, Usage and Difference
• Vaudeville
• Vent one's spleen
• Veracity vs. voracity
• Verb Tenses - Uses, Examples
• Verbatim vs paraphrase
• Verbiage
• Verbs and Prepositions — List, Examples
• Verbs Followed By Gerunds - List, Examples
• Vernacular - Definition & Examples in a Sentence
• Verses vs. versus
• Vertex vs. vortex
• Very
• Vested
• Vice versa
• Vice vs. Vise - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Vicious vs. viscous
• Vigilant vs vigilante
• Vigor, vigour and vigorous
• Vim and vigor
• Vis-a-vis
• Vittle vs vital
• Viz. – Usage, Meaning and Abbreviation
• Voicemail
• Voluptuous vs voluminous
• Vox populi
• Wack vs. whack
• Wagon vs. waggon
• Waist vs. waste
• Wait for the other shoe to drop
• Waiting in the wings
• Waiver vs. waver
• Wake up and smell the coffee
• Wake vs awake
• Wake-Up Call – Idiom, Meaning and Examples
• Walk a mile in someone else's shoes
• Walking on eggshells
• Wallflower - Idiom, Meaning & Definition
• Wallop and pack a wallop
• Wander vs. wonder
• Wangle vs wrangle
• Wanton vs. wonton
• Ware vs. Wear vs. Where - Difference in Meaning & Spelling
• Warm the cockles of one's heart
• Warrantee vs. warranty
• Warts and all
• Was vs. Were - Usage, Examples
• Washed up or all washed up
• Waste not, want not
• Watch the birdie
• Watershed moment
• Wave the White Flag - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• We're not in Kansas anymore
• Weakest Link - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• Wean vs. Ween
• Wear the trousers and wear the pants
• Weather vs. Whether vs. Wether - What's the Difference?
• Weaved, wove, woven
• Web site vs. website
• Website vs. web page
• Weigh In – Meaning and Sentence Examples
• Welcome to the Club—An Idiom Exploring Solidarity
• Well-being vs. Wellbeing vs. Well Being
• Well-Heeled - Usage, Origin & Meaning
• Wench vs winch
• Wend vs wind
• Were vs. We're - The Difference Plus a Free Worksheet
• Wet behind the ears
• Wet Blanket - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Wet one’s whistle
• Wet vs. whet
• Whac-A-Mole
• Whale, Wail or Wale
• What Are Blood Brothers? - Origin & Meaning
• What Are Bloopers? - Meaning & Examples
• What are Brownie Points? - Origin & Meaning
• What are Clauses? Definition, Examples
• What Are Collocations? - Examples
• What are Conjunctions? Rules & Examples
• What Are Curds and Whey? - Meaning & Origin
• What Are Gooseflesh, Goosebumps, or Goose Pimples?
• What are Indefinite Articles? – Examples
• What are Indefinite Pronouns? Examples
• What Are Intensive Pronouns? Definition & Examples (Worksheet Included)
• What Are Interrogative Pronouns? Examples
• What Are Irish Twins? - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• What Are Nosebleed Seats? – Meaning and Origin
• What Are Nouns? Definition & Examples
• What are Personal Pronouns? Examples
• What are Prepositions? Definition & Examples
• What Are Pronouns? Rules & Examples
• What Does "Decision in Process" Mean?
• What Does "In Toto" Mean?
• What Does "Lean In" Mean?
• What Does [Sic] Mean? - Definition & Examples
• What Does a Copy Editor Do and How to Become One?
• What Does Ample Mean? - Usage & Definition
• What Does Grudge Mean?
• What Does Leeway Mean? - Usage & Examples
• What Does No Quarter Mean? – Origin and Definition
• What Does Sanction Mean? - Definition & Examples
• What Does the Abbreviation A.K.A. or AKA Mean?
• What does the word "cognitive" mean?
• What Does Voilà Mean? - Spelling & Examples
• What in tarnation
• What is a Backslash (\) Symbol?
• What Is a Barn Burner? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Benedict Arnold? - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Bromance? – Meaning and Examples
• What Is a Bum Steer? – Origin and Meaning
• What Is a Bumper Crop? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is a Byproduct? – Definition and Examples
• What Is a Cavalier? - Usage, Meaning & Definition
• What Is a Charnel House? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Chav? – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• What is a Complex Sentence? Definition and Examples
• What Is a Conundrum? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Country Mile? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Dad Bod? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is a Dais? - Meaning & Pronunciation
• What Is a Dear John Letter? – Origin and Meaning
• What Is a Determiner? Types and Examples
• What Is a Dilemma? – Usage and Meaning
• What Is a Donnybrook? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Four-Letter Word? – Meaning & Origin
• What Is a Goober? - Origin, Meaning & Definition
• What Is a Good Samaritan? - Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• What Is a Goose Egg? – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• What Is a Hat Trick? - Meaning & Origin
• What is a Hedera Punctuation Mark and What Does it Do?
• What Is a Hie? – Definition and Meaning
• What Is a Honeymoon? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Hootenanny? – Meaning and Definition
• What Is a Juggalo? - Origin, Meaning & Examples
• What Is a La Carte? – Meaning and Examples
• What Is a Lab Rat? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a LARP? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Lei? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Lightbulb Moment? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is a Loophole? - Meaning, Origin & Examples
• What Is a Lowlife? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Mary Sue? - Meaning & Origin
• What Is a Molt or Moult? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Mulligan? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Mumu, Muumuu or Moomoo Dress? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is a Namesake? - Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Participle? – Huge List of Examples
• What Is a Peanut Gallery?—Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Pet Peeve? – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• What Is a Potter's Field? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is a Prodigal Son? – Meaning, Definition and Origin
• What Is a Raconteur? - Origin, Meaning & Examples
• What Is a Ringleader? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is a Round Robin? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Scrooge? - Meaning & Origin
• What Is a Shell Game? – Idiom, Meaning and Origin
• What is a Skinflint?—Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Skort? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is a Smoking Gun? - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• What Is a Snark? - Usage & Definition
• What Is a Tongue-Lashing? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is a Trope or Tropes? – Definition and Examples
• What Is a Verb? | Verb Examples & Types
• What Is a White Lie? – Definition, Origin and Examples
• What is Academic Writing? Common Types With Examples
• What Is Ad Infinitum? - Usage & Meaning
• What Is an Adverb? Adverb Examples & Definition
• What is an Ellipsis and How to Use It (With Examples)
• What Is an Ideologue?—Usage & Meaning
• What Is an Oxford comma? Importance & Examples
• What Is an Uphill Battle? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is Belated? - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• What Is Blackball? - Meaning & Origin
• What Is Certifiable? – Meaning and Examples
• What Is Chock Full? - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• What Is Christmas Adam? - Meaning & Origin
• What Is Chump Change?—Origin & Meaning
• What is Copy Editing - Definition and Examples
• What Is Cosplay? - Origin, Meaning & Definition
• What Is Dole Out? - Usage, Meaning & Examples
• What Is Due Diligence? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is Editing?—Beyond Typos and Grammar
• What is Editorial Content and Why is It Important?
• What Is Finance Writing? Influencing Investors and Shaping Markets
• What Is Forte? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is Graveyard Shift?—Origin & Meaning
• What is Kith and Kin - Origin & Meaning
• What Is Line Editing? Definition & Examples (with Checklist)
• What Is Mea Culpa? - Usage, Meaning & Definition
• What Is Mudslinging? – Meaning and Origin
• What Is Navel Gazing? - Origin & Meaning
• What Is Over the Hill? – Idiom, Origin and Meaning
• What Is Pig Latin? - Origin, Meaning & Examples
• What is Present Simple Tense - Examples
• What Is Requiem? - Definition & Meaning
• What Is Simpatico? - Usage & Meaning in English
• What is Simple Past Tense? Uses & Examples
• What Is Syntax in English? - Definition, Rules & Examples
• What Is the Domino Effect? - Meaning & Definition
• What is the Objective Case? - Objective Case Pronoun Examples
• What Is the Seven-Year Itch? - Meaning & Origin
• What Is Toss Up or Toss-Up? - Meaning & Definition
• What Is Travel Writing? A Guide to the Genre
• What Is Trepidation? - Definition & Examples
• What Is Window Shopping? - Meaning & Examples
• What's a Big Shot? - Origin & Meaning
• What's the catch?
• Whatnot or What Not - Usage & Meaning
• Wheal or Weal vs. Wheel
• Wheel and deal
• Wheelhouse
• When All Is Said and Done - Origin & Meaning
• When Pigs Fly—A Funny Proverb or an Unachievable Thing?
• When Push Comes to Shove – Meaning and Origin
• When the cat's away the mice will play
• When the Chips Are Down—Facing Tough Times
• When the going gets tough, the tough get going
• When to Use "A" or "An"
• When To Use A Comma Before "Or"
• When to Use a Comma Before Which
• When to Use Do, Does, Am, Is & Are?
• When to Use Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes (With Examples)
• When to Use Square Brackets [...] - With Examples
• Whence vs. from whence
• Where There Is a Will, There's a Way – Origin and Meaning
• Whereas – Usage and Examples in a Sentence
• Wherewithal
• Whet one's appetite vs wet one's appetite
• Which vs. Witch - What's the difference?
• While away vs. wile away
• Whilst - When & How to Use Correctly
• Whine vs. Wine - Meaning & Spelling
• Whiny, whiney, whinny, Whinney
• Whippersnapper
• Whipping Boy—An Idiom Beyond Punishment
• Whir or Whirr vs. Were
• Whirl v. Whorl
• Whirling dervish
• Whistle stop and whistle-stop tour
• Whistling Past the Graveyard – Origin and Meaning
• White Christmas
• White Collar vs. Blue Collar - Meaning & Difference
• Whiz, whizz, wiz
• Who vs. Whom – Usage, Rules and Examples (+ Printable Exercise)
• Whoa vs. Woe - Spelling, Meaning & Examples
• Whoever vs. whomever
• Whole ball of wax
• Whole kit and caboodle
• Wholistic and holistic
• Whoop vs. whup
• Whose vs. Who's – Usage, Difference and Examples
• Why Do Experts Say the Pen is Mightier? 57 Ways Writing Influences Us
• Why Do People Yell "Geronimo!" - Meaning & Origin
• Why Every Author Needs a Website—Building Authority and Connecting with Readers
• Why Grammar Plays a Key Role in Essay Writing?
• Why is Grammarly So Expensive?
• Why Is It Called a Charley Horse? - Idiom, Origin & Meaning
• Why isn't Grammarly Working in Google Docs?
• Why Students Have to Learn to Write Essays in the Age of AI Innovations?
• Wicked vs wicked
• Wide Berth – Idiom, Meaning & Origin
• Widow's peak
• Wild goose chase
• Wilful vs. willful
• Will Or Be Going To - Explanation, Examples & Worksheets
• Will vs. Would - Difference, Examples
• Willy-Nilly – Meaning, Origin and Examples
• Win-win or lose-lose
• Wind vs. Wind - Heteronyms, Meaning & Definition
• Wing It – Idiom, Meaning and Examples
• Wink vs. Blink - What's the Difference?
• Wintery vs wintry
• Wise guy and wiseguy
• Wish Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Wit vs. whit
• Witch hunt
• With all due respect
• With egg on one's face
• With one's tail between one's legs
• Wither vs. whither
• Without Further Ado vs. Without Further Adieu
• Woke Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed – Meaning and Origin
• Wolf in sheep's clothing
• Womp womp
• Won vs. One - Homophones & Meaning
• Wonder vs. wonderment
• Wonkish, wonky
• Wont
• Wont vs. Want – What's the Difference?
• Wood vs would
• Woolen vs. woollen
• Woolgathering
• Word and Whirred
• Word-of-Mouth - Usage, Origin & Meaning
• Words to Use After a Semicolon - Can I Use and or But?
• Work Cut Out for You – Meaning and Origin
• Work in progress vs work in process
• Workout vs. work out
• Worn or Warn – Homophones, Meaning and Examples
• Worrywart and worryguts
• Worse comes to worst
• Worse for Wear – Beyond Tired and Disheveled
• Worth one's salt
• Would have, would've or would of
• Wound vs wound
• Wrap one's head around
• Wrath vs. Rath
• Wreak Havoc or Wreaking Havoc - Usage, Meaning & Origin
• Wreak vs wreck
• Wreck vs. reck
• Writ large
• Write-off vs. write off
• Writing in First Person - Examples
• Writing in First, Second, and Third Person - Ultimate Guide
• Writing in Second Person - Examples
• Writing in Third Person - Examples
• Writing numbers
• Writing Samples—What They Are and Why You Need Them
• Wrong side of the tracks
• Wrong vs. wrongly
• Wrote vs rote
• Wunderkind
• WWJD
• X Marks the Spot—Beyond Treasure Maps
• Xmas vs. Christmas - Origin, Spelling & Meaning
• Y'all
• Yada yada
• Yam vs sweet potato
• Yanking Your Chain—Misleading or Playful?
• Yea, yeah, yay
• Yester
• Yoghurt or Yogurt - Spelling, Difference & Meaning
• YOLO
• You - Formal Writing In English
• You can’t fight city hall
• You Reap What You Sow - Meaning and Origin
• You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Yours—Reciprocity Unwrapped
• Young Turks—A Symbol of Change and Challenge
• Your vs. You're – Usage, Difference & Examples
• Your vs. You're vs. Yore - Difference in Spelling & Meaning
• Youth or youths
• Yuletide
• Zee vs. zed
• Zeitgeist
• Zero Conditional - Uses, Examples
• Zero Conditional Exercises (With Printable PDF)
• Zigzag
• Zip it