grateful [adjective]: thankful
{Common misspelling: greatful}
Category: Daily Fix
Grammar Bomb: Assure, Ensure, and Insure
I assure you, that if you ensure you do your research, you will find a way to insure your home.
Assure [THINK: affirm (A)]
Ensure [THINK: secure an outcome (E)]
Insure [THINK: car insurance (I)]
“Assure…conveying the action of putting someone’s mind at ease….
Ensure used to convey the action of securing or guaranteeing an outcome or development….
Insure…to talk about providing or obtaining insurance….”
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WordHit: Exhilarate [verb]
Grammar Bomb: Piqued, Peaked, or Peeked
When you hike and reach the peak, take a peek over the cliff, and see if what you see has your interest piqued.
Piqued [THINK: Quite excited (QU)]
Peaked [THINK: Reach the top (ea)]
Peeked [THINK: Peep (ee)]
“…The answer is piqued—and here’s why: Pique means “to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.)…
….A peak, on the other hand, is the pointed top of something, such as a mountain. When speaking figuratively, a peak is the highest or most important point or level….
…Peek means “to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location”…”
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WordHit: Definite [adjective]
definite [adjective]: clearly stated or decided
{Common misspelling: definate}
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Grammar Bomb: Moot Point VS Mute Point
It’s not a MOOT point to tell you that MUTE point isn’t a thing.
Moot point [THINK: powwow (OO)]
Mute point [THINK: dumb (U)]
“The correct phrase is moot point. A moot point can be either an issue open for debate, or a matter of no practical value or importance because it’s hypothetical…
…The word mute means “silent; refraining from speech or utterance,” and the pairing mute point has no canonized meaning in standard English….”
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Had Had Had Had Ha Ha Bad Bad
Just because English says you CAN write something…doesn’t mean you SHOULD.
“Two students were asked to use HAD or HAD HAD in an example sentence. While John had had HAD — James had had HAD HAD. HAD HAD had had a better effect on the teacher.”
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WordHit: Conscious [adjective]
conscious [adjective]: aware; responding to one’s surroundings;
{Common misspelling: conscience}
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Grammar Bomb: Whose VS Who’s
When do you use WHOSE and when do you use WHO’S?
Whose [THINK: possessive]
Who’s [THINK: contraction (‘)]
“Whose and who’s are commonly confused terms because they sound alike. Luckily, the distinction between them is relatively straightforward.
“Who’s is a contraction of who is or who has…”
“…whose is a possessive pronoun….”
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WordHit: Argument [noun]
argument [noun]: heated exchange of opposite views
{Common misspelling: arguement}
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