Accept v Except

Accept v Except

November 6, 2018

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…

Yearn v Urn

Yearn v Urn

August 27, 2018

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…

Stock v Stalk

Stock v Stalk

August 19, 2018

What’s the difference between stock and stalk? Stock has a variety of references (wares, a place of public punishment, your ancestry, or the verb of stocking shelves), but it is commonly used incorrectly (“he stocks my Instagram profile” = wrong). Think of…

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