BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of axis is axes. axis: one of the reference lines of a coordinate system The singular of axis ….
Author: Gregg Bridgeman
An axle is a pin or shaft on (or with which) a wheel or pair of wheels revolves. The centers of the wheels are connected ….
Not long ago I thought awhile about taking a while to pen this article. Let’s face it. The differences between awhile and a while can ….
If you seek vengeance, you aim to avenge wrongs, not revenge wrongs. “Avenge” is a transitive verb that means to take vengeance for, or on ….
“Attain” means “to reach,” and “obtain” means “to gain.” “Attain” is a transitive verb that means “to reach,” as an end or “to come to,” ….
Dear Weeping Editor, I have seen your articles on sound, smell, touch, and taste but I haven’t seen you talk about the sense of sight. ….
Afterward Afterward is an adverb meaning at a later or succeeding time, subsequently, or thereafter. Afterward without an “-s” on the end is the US spelling ….
Assent refers to agreement, while an ascent is a climb. When you get people to agree with you, you gain their assent. When you climb ….
I often encounter phrases like “as time progressed” or “as the hours progressed” in submissions. You may be familiar with the idiom, “Time marches on.” ….
Arrant means being notoriously without moderation or extreme. Arrant was originally a variant of errant, but it developed a meaning of its own before any ….