Grammar & Usage

Spelling & Pronunciation

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Because spelling is tricky

How to Pronounce 'Often'

To \t\ or not to \t\?

Absent Letters That Are Heard Anyway

They aren't seen but they are heard

How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

Commonly Misspelled Words

Spelling is hard

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

No more order anxiety!

The Many Plurals of 'Octopus'

But which is correct?

Revealing What Rhymes with 'Orange'

It's technical, but it works.

7 Uncommonly Doubled Letters

For word games and other shenanigans

How to Remember the Spelling of 'Definitely'

A definitive answer.

10 Words You See But Don't Hear

How to pronounce 10 words with unpredictable stress and vowel sounds

You're (Probably) Saying It Wrong

18 words even you might be mispronouncing

Video: Why Is There a 'C' in 'Indict'?

And who put it there, anyway?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

Inexplicable silent letters, explained

Every Letter Is Silent, Sometimes

When each letter can be seen but not heard

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

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How the Greeks Influenced Our Alphabet

An excerpt from 'Greek to Me'

Uranus, Quinoa, and Other Tricky Pronunciations

10 words that you're not sure how to say

The Schwa

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

What's the Correct Pronunciation of 'Clinton'?

And what's a 'glottal stop'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

'A historic' night or 'An historic' night?

Unearthing the Spelling of 'Cemetery' (as 'Sematary')

Sometimes sounding it out isn't better

Noah Webster's Spelling Wins and Fails

Some of his biggest successes and defeats
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