Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (6): It’s vs Its vs Its’ Time to delve into the apostrophes. This one is commonly abused on a regular basis, probably because people are too lazy to use the apostrophe. It’s Abbreviated form of “it is”. It is a cold day today. She said it is a great place…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (5): There vs Their vs They’re This is probably the most common that I see on a regular basis. There Indicating a definite or abstract location. Their Indicating possession; ownership. They’re Abbreviated form of “They are” They’re going over there to collect their lunch. This is one of the more…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (4): Weather vs Whether vs Wether Now this one is a triple header, and is easy to confuse. Wether A castrated male sheep. Weather The state of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, wind, cloudiness, moisture and pressure. Whether Used to introduce a question, usually outlining a choice in options.…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (3): Affect vs Effect This is one that I see quite a bit, people just have no idea when it comes to affect and effect. Affect To act on; produce a change in Effect A result or consequence When you affect the situation, you have an effect on it. Come…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (2): Practise vs Practice This is a very common mistake, one that I had to relearn myself. Unfortunately, it seems that this has been lost in the “progression” of the English language. practise verb: be involved in a rehearsal, rehearse, practice, repeat an activity several times in order to improve…
Read MoreThe longest word in the English language This is a tough one, as there are many extremely long words which just aren’t words and have been created just to be ridiculously long. The longest word which actually has a meaning is: antidisestablishmentarianism. (28 letters) Which means “opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England”.…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (1): compliment vs complement I’ve noticed that there are many words that people have trouble telling the difference between. I thought it would be useful to help people with some of the common ones. compliment vs complement – Adam complimented Sarah on her new hair colour. “That colour complements your face, it…
Read MoreWhere Am I? I was wondering, what sites have I signed up to? What communities am I a part of and who else is also on those communities? Here is a list of all the things (that I remember) that I’m a member of: Classicamiga Hotmail – submeg @ hotmail . com Facebook WordPress Last.fm…
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Write On So, it’s been a fair while since any progress has been entered into this place. This is not alarming to me, as there has been so much going on. I’m nearing the end of the house buying saga, and then begins part 2 – moving. Not really looking forward to that, but hey…
Read MoreHighest Selling Books Of All Time As I do enjoy reading, I was wonder what the highest selling books of all time were. Here is the list below, for single volume books, not series. Some of the results are quite surprising! Title Author Language Year Released Copies sold (Millions) A Tale of Two Cities Charles…
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