Word Confusion: Choral versus Chorale
A chorale can be a choral choir or a particular choral composition in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Category: Self-Editing
Word Confusion: Prostate versus Prostrate
A bad prostate gland could lay you prostrate in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Alumna versus Alumnus
It figures that graduates complicate Latin terminology with gender issues such as alumna/alumnae and alumnus/alumni in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Disgruntled versus Gruntled
I was disgruntled to learn that disgruntle and gruntle are both verbs as well as adjectives…but gruntled to easily find images to reinforce their definitions in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Defamation is Either Libel or Slander
An act of defamation may occur via libel (printing or posting a lie) or slander (speaking a lie) in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Liable versus Libel
Being liable is to be legally responsible while libel is an untruthful statement about a person in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Wet versus Whet
Let me whet your appetite for proofreading and you can wet your whistle with a cold beet afterwards in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Flea versus Flee
Those fleeing fleas fled for their itchy little lives in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Misconception vs Misnomer vs Mistake
It’s a misnomer to define a misconception as a mistake in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Morning versus Mourning
Too many self-editing writers are up before the morning sun, mourning all the edits they need to make in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.