It’s time for “PTB Confusing Words” 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:
- pedal – (adj.) pertaining to the foot; (n.) a treadle (as in to step on the pedal)
- She almost got in an accident until she slammed on her brake pedal.
- peddle – to hawk; to sell
- The woman on the corner looked like it was her job to peddle all the roses and giant teddy bears for Mother’s Day.
Memory tips:
- pedal – “PED” is foot and a pedal takes you A Long way to all the places
- peddle – think of the double letter and the definition–“sell” has two “l’s” and “peddle” has two “d’s”
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