There are many words in the English language that sound alike but by changing one letter they take on a different meaning. That’s usually not a problem when you’re speaking, but it can really trip you up in written language — and spell check won’t help you. Here are 20 commonly misused/misspelled words.
It was the cusp of the Sixties. New Zealand teenagers were joining the rock and roll craze that had taken over the world. Parents who had survived the Second World War were faced with fighting another war – the war against the youth culture with its loud and inappropriate music and outrageous clothing. Teenage dance…
When I was a kid growing up in New Zealand, I had two favourite words: antidisestablishmentarianism and Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Antidisestablishmentarianism means, in case you don’t know this, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the name of a tiny hill in New Zealand. In English it means the place where Tamatea, the…