Problem Words
Adapted from the following CAPS LOCK PSA.
(Adapted without 100% caps lock, to feel less jarring / aggressive.)
cellostargalactica
It’s not ‘PEEKED’ my interest
or ‘PEAKED’
but PIQUED.
‘PIQUED my interest.”
ranetree
Additionally:
You are not ‘PHASED’. You are ‘FAZED.’
If it has been a very long day, you are ‘WEARY.’ If someone is acting in a way that makes you suspicious, you are ‘WARY.’
All in ‘DUE’ time, not ‘DO’ time.
‘PER SE’, not ‘PER SAY’.
Thank you.
tassiekitty
BREATHE - the verb form in present tense.
BREATH - the noun form.
They are not interchangeable.
WANDER - to walk about aimlessly.
WONDER - to think of in a dreamlike and/or wistful manner.
They are not interchangeable. (But one’s mind can wander)
emmablackeru
DEFIANT - resistant DEFINITE - certain
melancholicmarionette
WANTON - deliberate and unprovoked action (also an archaic term for a promiscuous woman).
WONTON - it’s a dumpling that’s all it is it’s a f---ing dumpling.
rnatthewgraygublers
BAWL- to sob/cry
BALL- a f---ing ball
You cannot “BALL” your eyes out.
maverikloki
steftastan
Can I add to this too?
It’s not ‘COULD OF’, it’s ‘COULD HAVE’. Same applies to ‘SHOULD HAVE’.
hermoninee-granger
It’s ‘COULDN’T CARE LESS’ not ‘COULD CARE LESS.’ If you COULD care less that means you care.
haiku-robot
it’s ‘couldn’t care less’ not ‘could care less’ if you could care less that means you care
^Haiku^bot^0.4. Sometimes I do stupid things (but I have improved with syllables!). Beep-boop!
miss-malaphor
Please check out Homophones Weakly.
It’s a treasure trove.
And a goddamn delight.
a-fictional-life
BORDER - what you have between two countries tries
BOARDER - someone who is a residential pupil at a boarding school