Please refer to the chicken for all your grammar needs.
What’s the difference between rite of passage and right of passage? Odds are, you meant to use RITE of passage in regard to a ceremony – a RITual – marking an important stage in an individual’s life. Right of passage refers to…
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 gorilla and guerrilla? Gorilla is the animal, the great ape. People usually don’t misspell or misuse this form of the word when writing about the animal. The confusion comes when referring to “gorilla warfare,” which, unless you actually…
What’s the difference between pane and pain? A pane is the sheet of glass in a window or door frame. Pain is a distressing sensation.
What’s the difference between towards and toward? Those in the UK tend to like that extra letter and spell it towards with an S. I’ve noticed many Americans still pronounce the S in everyday conversation (hence the confusion) but it is not…
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…
What’s the difference between fowl and foul? Fowl refers to birds. And that’s it. It’s all birds all the time with fowl. So think of the W in the word and think Wings. Easy peasy. Foul is probably the word you meant…
What’s the difference between every day and everyday? Every day, two words, is an adverb. Ex: Every day, I walk to the store … Chicken lays an egg every day. Everyday, one word, is an adjective and used to describe something. Ex: Wear your…
What’s the difference between aloud and allowed? Aloud is something audible, not in a whisper. Think LOUD in reference to sound. Allowed is in regard to giving or having permission to do something.
What’s the difference between a while and awhile? Well, this is one of those because English is confusing and doesn’t always have a great reason examples. Why would The Grammar Chicken say this? Because “a while” (adv.) means “a period or interval of…
