The askOxford.com "Commonly Confused Words" page 1

[sleipnir214]

The AskOxford site is very good. This particular page was sent to me this morning by the Site of the Day at refdesk.com

http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classicerrors/confused

Want the best answers? Ask the best questions! TANSTAAFL!

 

[kjv1611]

Pretty neat.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[Lunatic]

Hmm... Strange that you would post this site... I almost posted it earlier today when looking up the correct use of can't, cannot, and can not. The asktheexperts part is great!

I ended up not because I figured most would already know about this site.

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However that brings up another question... Has a thread ever been started, and then maintained, with links to everyone's favorite language websites? Sort of a Public Service to the MAI gang?

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[r937]

i'm surprised that page did not mention bear/bare

can't count how many times someone explaining a problem here on the forums has said "please bare with me"



r937.com | rudy.ca

 

[kjv1611]

Yeah, that one could really be bad! [LOL]

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[SantaMufasa]

please bare with me

That involves the "Commonly Confused Word", naturist. <grin>.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[Lienori]

A good read, thank you for that.

 

[spaul40]

I'm a newbie here; however, the link below is also an excellent site for clearing up common usage errors for the English language.

http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

 

[gbaughma]

heh... I'm reminded of a friend who ran a local dial-up bbs...

His intro screen was:

<NAME WITHHELD>'s PLACE!
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEAK!



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