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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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:

• Casual – incidental; informal
  • The party attire was casual, so I wore jeans.
• Causal – causing
  • The casual link to the accident was her cell phone.

Memory tips:

Casual – “You all” (casUAL) are more comfortable in an informal atmosphere

Causal – Root is “cause” so “causal” is “causing”

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