Which is it: “Favorite” or “Favourite”?
January 29, 2024
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Is it favorite or favourite? Or is it …both? Keep reading to find out. Is it “favorite” or “favourite”? Favorite and favourite are both correct
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Which is Correct: Honour or Honor?
January 22, 2024
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Is it “honour” or “honor”? Honour and honor are both correct spellings. The difference is where they’re used and accepted geographically: Forms of honour or
Is it “Behaviour” or “Behavior”?
January 19, 2024
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Between behaviour or behaviour, which is the correct spelling? It’s a bit of a trick question, because the answer depends on geography (as you may
Is it “Labour” or “Labor”?
January 19, 2024
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Labor and labour are actually both correct spellings to refer to the noun that means, “work”, (typically arduous physical work). Which is correct: labor or
Favour or Favor (Which is Correct?)
January 16, 2024
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Favour vs. favor “Favor” and “favour” are both correct spellings of the verb that means to prefer something or someone, or ask another for help
Color or Colour (Which is Correct?)
January 16, 2024
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Color and colour are kind of the same, same, but different. Let’s colour in the answer, below. Is it spelled “color” or “colour”? Color and
Homophones (vs. Homonyms & Homographs)
December 13, 2023
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What are homophones? If (like me) you love your punny humour and jokes, then it may interest you to learn that puns are based on
Irregardless vs. Regardless (Which is Correct?)
December 13, 2023
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“Irregardless” vs “regardless” There’s no better time to write your grammatical wrongs—on the debate of irregardless vs. regardless—if you’ve been under the impression that the
Former vs. Latter, Explained
December 10, 2023
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The former and the latter Former vs. latter (when used as a pair) are terms that specify something previously mentioned in a list of two
What are Compound Words? (150+ Compound Words)
November 21, 2023
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What are compound words? Playground, dining room, sister-in-law. What do these words have in common, if anything at all? If you guessed that they’re all