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The links you’ve provided pretty much cover the most egregious errors for misused words. I’d add “Who versus That” to the list.
Example: She’s the kind of person that likes dessert before dinner.
No, no, no. She’s the kind of person *who* likes dessert before dinner. “That” is reserved for inanimate objects and animals.
Speaking of “dessert”, I prefer it to “desert” and the two are often confused.
Other pet peeves: criterion, plural is criteria.
farther (distance) versus further
fewer versus less
affect versus effect
Then there are all the crimes with commas and apostrophes. Let’s not go there right now? OK? I’m going to finish Mr. Astrologer. I mean, finish (comma) Mr. Astrologer. Big difference.
rhubarbMar 31, 2012 @ 17:52
Oh, and I forgot stationary vs stationery, though nobody never hardly don’t use the latter any more. Speaking of which, it’s latter, not later.
And if there are only two siblings, one is not “oldest”, one is “older”.
The links you’ve provided pretty much cover the most egregious errors for misused words. I’d add “Who versus That” to the list.
Example: She’s the kind of person that likes dessert before dinner.
No, no, no. She’s the kind of person *who* likes dessert before dinner. “That” is reserved for inanimate objects and animals.
Speaking of “dessert”, I prefer it to “desert” and the two are often confused.
Other pet peeves: criterion, plural is criteria.
farther (distance) versus further
fewer versus less
affect versus effect
Then there are all the crimes with commas and apostrophes. Let’s not go there right now? OK? I’m going to finish Mr. Astrologer. I mean, finish (comma) Mr. Astrologer. Big difference.
Oh, and I forgot stationary vs stationery, though nobody never hardly don’t use the latter any more. Speaking of which, it’s latter, not later.
And if there are only two siblings, one is not “oldest”, one is “older”.
Oh, gawd, I could go on and on. Bye now.