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When choosing between away or aweigh, a writer is dealing with homophones: words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

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Should You Capitalize God Pronouns?

PatrickGod Grammar

When using God pronouns like 'he,' 'him' or 'his' — or other versions — should you capitalize them as well? The answer may depend on whom you ask.

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Vegan or Vegetarian: Here’s How They’re Different

PatrickAnimals Commonly-Confused Words Food and Drink Grammar Health

How do you know whether someone is a vegan or vegetarian? For the longest time, I wrongly assumed they were interchangeable.

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Entitled or Titled? You Might be Surprised!

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When you're referring to what something is named, is it safe to use either entitled or titled ahead of the name? Some apparently no longer think so.

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Is Using ‘Sic’ in Quotes No Longer Acceptable?

PatrickGrammar

There was a time when the Latin word 'sic' was perfectly acceptable when quoting material that contained an error. It may no longer be so.

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Thaw or Unthaw? Did You Do a Double Take?

PatrickGrammar Non-Words

When it comes time to plan meals for the week and you pull something out of the freezer, do you thaw or unthaw that food?

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10 of the New Words Added to Dictionary.com

PatrickDictionary Grammar

Approximately 300 new words have been added to Dictionary.com in the last week, ranging from selections like Afrofuturism to womp womp.

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AP Stylebook Updates Rule on Using Percent Sign

PatrickAP Style Grammar

The Associated Press Stylebook sometimes makes changes on its guidelines that make copyeditors cringe. One of the latest involves the percent sign.

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AP’s Update on Mormon Terminology Gains Criticism

PatrickAP Style Grammar

The Associated Press caught a little flack recently when it wrote up an update to its Stylebook about Mormon terminology.

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Brutally Beaten? Isn’t a Beating Already Brutal?

PatrickGrammar

There are certain phrases that make me cringe anytime I hear them. The phrase 'brutally beaten' is one of them because it's redundant.

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It’s St. Paddy’s Day, Not St. Patty’s Day!

PatrickGrammar Holidays

Slowly, more people seem to be getting the message that the correct way to abbreviate St. Patrick's Day is St. Paddy's Day, not St. Patty's.

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Riffle or Rifle?

PatrickGrammar

Would you be able to distinguish the difference between riffle or rifle? The alternate meaning of one is similar to the primary meaning of the other! It's amazing what you can find in the Associated Press Stylebook. The other day, I found an entry on whether to use riffle or...

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Starting A Sentence With Numbers Means Spelling Them Out!

PatrickGrammar

Yes you can begin grammatically correct sentences with numbers. But there’s only one instance in which you can use a numeral to do it. I’m seeing more and more errors made when people start sentences with numbers. The other day, I saw a news story that began with an age....

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Gender or Cisgender? What’s the Difference?

PatrickGender Grammar Transgender

Cisgender is a relatively young term in the world of gender studies, but more recently, it's being used more and more often.

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