Word Confusion: Write vs Writing vs Written
Not so much a word confusion as a tense confusion with write, writing, and written.
Category: Self-Editing
Word Confusion: Flammable versus Inflammable
Inflammable fireworks could make a flammable situation worse in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Stair versus Stare
Stare at the manuscript as you think of the metaphorical stair steps you’ll climb to get it edited in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Main versus Mane
The main way people deal with their mane is to shampoo, blow dry, and have it cut on a regular basis in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: Clamber versus Clamor
It’s the clamber over all those edits that has writers clamoring for the dictionary in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: First versus Firstly
Firstly, in this Word Confusion, you wanna ask yourself how pompous your character should sound. Second…oops, secondly…
Word Confusion: Compare To versus Compare With
The differences between the “compare to” and “compare with” Word Confusion is increasingly ignored in fiction…but you must understand the distinction in a formal paper or nonfiction.
Word Confusion: Patience versus Patients
In this Word Confusion from KD Did It, patient is both noun and adjective while patience is a state of mind — and a noun, but never an adjective.
Word Confusion: Tack versus Tact
KD Did It says, if you need to fasten something, go for the tack…but use tact if you want to be nice about it in this Word Confusion for the self-editing writer.
Word Confusion: One versus Won
Has she won or one the prize in this Word Confusion from KD Did It?