Once or twice a year I have to clean out my mind's backlog of useless information, waffling opinions and totally unintelligible junk. Failing to do this makes my brain back up and overflow like a ...

Homonyms are the great con artists of the English language. Words that sound alike but are spelled differently, they are perfect impostors over the phone. Even stellar spellers are played the fool by ...

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Do you know the difference between synonyms and homonyms? I don’t. And it’s not for lack of trying. I’ve read up on the subject multiple times. I’ve even reported what I’ve learned, writing here and ...

Here’s a word I avoid: homonym. It’s not that I have a problem with this word. It’s marvelously useful. It’s even fun to say. My problem is I’m just never that confident I’m using it correctly. The ...