Word and Usage FAQs

Here are discussions of commonly confused words.  Click on the words to go to a brief explanation of correct usage.

A / An
Affect / Effect
"Alot" / A lot
Altogether / All together
Amount / Number
Anxious / Eager
Anymore / Any more
Assure / Ensure / Insure
A while / Awhile
Cannot
email / e-mail
Every day / Everyday
Farther / Further
Fewer / Less
Hopefully
Its / It's
Lead / Led
Lie / Lay / Lying / Laying
None
Principal / Principle
Simple / Simplistic
Their / There / They're
Then / Than
"Thru"
Use / Usage
Wary / Weary
Website / Web site / website
"Writting"
Words Ending in -gry

[Note:  This section was originally created as a "Question and Answer" page.  To make each entry more readily accessible, it has been revised as a series of short articles.  This required changing its URL.  If, as a result, you experience any dead links, please let me know.]