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Make Your Editor Cry:  Beckon call vs. Beck and call
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Make Your Editor Cry: Beckon call vs. Beck and call

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The word “beckon” means to call over or to request. So, of course, this misuse seems to make sense. However, the original phrasing was a ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Baited breath vs. Bated breath
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Make Your Editor Cry: Baited breath vs. Bated breath

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

When you think about bait, things like hooks, worms, and lures should come to mind. So, if you’re trying to say that someone is holding ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Assure, Insure, Ensure
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Make Your Editor Cry: Assure, Insure, Ensure

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The words assure, ensure, and insure all mean “to make secure or certain.” However, only assure is used with reference to a person in the ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Appraise, Apprise
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Make Your Editor Cry: Appraise, Apprise

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

To determine the value of an item, you “appraise” it. To inform someone of some event, you “apprise” him or her with the news. Examples: ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Another thing coming vs. Another think coming
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Make Your Editor Cry: Another thing coming vs. Another think coming

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

This is an example of a misheard expression (an eggcorn) that makes a little bit of convoluted sense on its own. The phrase “you’ve got ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  All the sudden vs. All of a sudden
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Make Your Editor Cry: All the sudden vs. All of a sudden

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

For many English as a second language folks, a common mistake is to write either “all the sudden” or “all of the sudden” instead of ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Affect, Effect
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Make Your Editor Cry: Affect, Effect

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The words affect with an “a” and effect with an “e” have no senses in common. As a transitive verb, the word affect is most ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  Adverse, Averse
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Make Your Editor Cry: Adverse, Averse

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

An “adverse” effect prevents your success or progress toward a goal, while “averse” means something you’re strongly opposed to. Examples: Correct: I just received adverse ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  A different track vs. A different tack
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Make Your Editor Cry: A different track vs. A different tack

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

The correct phrase has its origins in nautical navigation during the days of sail. The idiom means to take a different approach with a tack ….

Make Your Editor Cry:  A blessing in the skies vs. A blessing in disguise
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Make Your Editor Cry: A blessing in the skies vs. A blessing in disguise

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

This idiom, “a blessing in disguise,” is intended to describe a blessing that may not at first appear to be a blessing. It is often ….

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