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Write-on Writing: Spell-Check Won?t Catch These ?Wrong? Words

May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do you ever think you’ve used the right word then discover you didn’t? Here’s a short list of common words that trip up some writers.

Mark Twain said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.?

Spell-check is really handy, but doesn’t let us know we’ve used an incorrect word. Sometimes we think we know what a word means, but we don’t and use the wrong one. A typo can cause us to leave in a wrong word; and sometimes we misuse words because others do.

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