Please refer to the chicken for all your grammar needs.
The Grammar Chicken visited Fiction University last week to share some tips! If you need help remembering when to use “that” or “which” or you say things like “first annual” or “slight of hand,” head over there for more details.
What’s the difference between dessert and desert? If you were to hear the words spoken aloud, you wouldn’t be confused. But people often spell them wrong. Just think of The Grammar Chicken, who wants MORE dessert, which has more S’s than desert.
What’s the difference between ladder and latter? Well, a ladder is that vertical thing meant for climbing. Ladders can be made from wood, metal, rope or basically any material that gets you from one point to another in any precarious fashion. Apparently,…
What’s the difference between affect and effect? Think of Affect as the Action, like Chicken’s choice to Attack Duck. What happens in the End is the Effect. For example, changing your lunch break to 3 p.m., instead of 1 p.m., is going…
What’s the difference between ensure and insure? The Grammar Chicken doesn’t find people misuse assure as often, but while we’re at it, let’s cover that one too. Ensure means to guarantee something. In the first photo Chicken guarantees the coop will be…
What’s the difference between metal, medal, meddle and mettle? Let’s mettle – no, no MEDDLE – with your brain a little. Metal is a material, such as titanium or gold. Medal is a type of award. Meddle means to interfere in someone else’s business….
What’s the difference between converse and conversate? Converse (v.) means to engage in conversation. Conversate is technically not a real word. You cannot cut “conversation” in half and call it a word. I know what you’re thinking: But Grammar Chicken, I found…
What’s the difference between accept and except? Accept means to receive something or to give approval. Think of the A’s in Chicken Accepting her Awesome Award to help you remember. Except means with the exclusion or exception of. So it’s right there…
What’s the difference between aid and aide? Aid (v.) is the action of helping someone, but in its noun form, aid is defined as “help.” So you can say Chicken aids (v.) her friend or Chicken makes a suggestion for finding financial…
What’s the difference between yearn and urn? In an era of shorthand everything – when “ur” means “your” or “you’re” in text messages – it’s easy to see the root of the problem, even though these two words are not pronounced the…
