Sunday, August 10, 2014

More commonly confused or misused words


Irregardless and unthaw: These are not words. The words are regardless and thaw.

Bring and take: People bring things toward you and take things away from you.

Loose and lose: Loose means not tied down. Lose is when you can’t find something.

Borrow and lend: The person doing the giving lends and the person receiving something borrows it.


Helen Woodall
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