Parsing Perplexing Word Pairs

February 25, 2016

Today the Grammar Geek looks at perplexing word pairs. Some are homonyms or homophones—words that sound alike but mean different things, and which may or may not be spelled the same. I’m also including words and phrases that sound “almost” alike and which are very often confused with one another. The following are just a…

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The Grammar Geek Tackles Apostrophes

December 16, 2015

As mystery shoppers, we need to write well. Whether we’re giving a two-sentence response to a question or writing a narrative of several paragraphs, our grammar, spelling, and punctuation should be impeccable. But, too often we find that common errors made by those who don’t “write for pay” have crept into our own writing. Maybe…

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