It’s time for “Confusing Words of the Week” where I take a set of two or three words that get confused and give you definitions and try to give you a memory trick to help you remember when to use which word. If you have words that confuse you, use the Ask PTB tab on the website or send an email to [email protected] and they may appear here soon!
This week’s words are:
- precedence – priority
- He gave precedence to Sally, who had been waiting the longest.
- precedents – established rules
- He went by the precedents for Phase 10 even though his family used different rules
- precedent – an established rule
- The court went with the precedent set by statute.
- president – the head of an organization
- The president was elected at the meeting last night.
Memory tips:
- Precedent/precedents – remember the “t” as following rules to the “t”
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I found this article and thought it was interesting. Incorrect use of apostrophes is probably my biggest pet peeve. It isn’t really hard. If you need to show possession or show that letters are missing, use an apostrophe. Otherwise, for the most part, do not use an apostrophe. There are, of course, exceptions, but you need to learn the difference because I’m pretty sure that you don’t want your attorney’s work to be the topic of a FindLaw article.
It’s time for a review of recent blog posts just in case you’ve missed them. We call this Replay Thursday. Here are posts from Proof That proofreading blog and 60 Is The New 60 blog during the past week.
March 8 is National Proofreading Day. It is a day that was created to bring awareness to how important it is to proofread. National Proofreading Day promotes error free writing–and so do I! This message of National Proofreading Day is the message of Proof That proofreading blog and is set out in a blog post entitled “
I love it when grammar issues become a news story. Grammar is important! And apparently so is knowing your slang when you’re on a national game show.