[stylist] confusing similar words

[Barbara Hammel]

Especially now when words are just used on a whim.  All around us we see and 
hear people use words incorrectly.  Two of my husband's favorites are "leave 
go" instead of "let go" and "further" instead of "farther".
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Pat Harmon" <pharmon222 at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:25 AM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words

> I believe that is why words can play that role in a sentence.
> It does remind me that it is wise Not to use a word if you are uncertain 
> about it.  (Lay and lie; ensure or insure are confusing.)It is smart to 
> know what I do not know!
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> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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>>c o m p l e m e n t is the balancer because it completes it.
>> Barbara
>>
>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
>> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>>
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>> From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:26 AM
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>>> Complement and Compliment.
>>> One means to praise, to speak well of. The other means to reinforce, or 
>>> to
>>> make up for one's deficiencies, or balance one out. Which is which?
>>>    There's another pair of words that's been bugging me lately, but 
>>> right
>>> now I can't think of it.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Angela Fowler
>>>
>>> fowlers at syix.com
>>>
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