Farther vs. Further

Aug 12, 2015 | Tuesday Tips

This is a tip I use each and every time I have to decide which word to choose.

Use farther when referring to physical distance. (I always think FARther and since it has the word FAR, it means a physical distance.)

Use further when referring to figurative distance, extent or degree.

And just for fun, here’s a meme that might help.

8.Further-vs.-Farther

 

Versus vs. Verses

Aug 4, 2015 | Tuesday Tips

It’s been some time since I’ve posted a Tuesday Tip.

I’m constantly making notes about words that are commonly misused as I go through my work of editing and proofreading. Here is today’s common mistake, and hopefully this will help prevent you from making this same error in the future.

The word versus is often used to mean ‘opposed to’ or ‘against’ or ‘in contrast to’. It is commonly abbreviated as vs. or v.

On the other hand, verses is used as the plural form of the word ‘verse’ meaning ‘a poem’.

He didn’t know it, but my husband passed.

Jun 26, 2015 | Friday Fun

My husband and I met online. He had no idea who I was when he sent me that first email and certainly didn’t know I was checking that email for spelling and grammar. If there were mistakes, the email went into the trash.

On the other hand, I later found out he spent hours (with a break for dinner in between) constructing that email and reading over it again and again to make sure it was perfect. He passed that initial test, and continued to do so with each email that followed.

Now, his goal is to catch me with a spelling or grammar error.

relationship grammar test

Eminent vs. Imminent

Jun 16, 2015 | Tuesday Tips

My Tuesday Tips are usually examples of errors I find when editing or proofing work for others. Today’s tip is no different.

Eminent means standing above others in quality or position.

Imminent means about to happen or take place very soon.

The words sound so similar, but are very different. Hopefully this clears up any future confusion you might have.

My husband knows me well.

Jun 12, 2015 | Friday Fun

I may not be a designer, but my husband knows me well enough to know that this would irritate the daylights out of me. I like things neat, orderly and perfectly aligned. I can eyeball whether a picture hanging on a wall is lopsided, I can automatically see if there is one too many spaces in a Word document, and if things aren’t exactly even on both sides, I HAVE to fix it. What about you? Does something like this make your head hurt also?

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