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Make Your Editor Cry: Hunger Pains vs. Hunger Pangs
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hunger Pains vs. Hunger Pangs

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

A pang is a brief piercing spasm of pain. Pain is a much more general word used to describe discomfort. While hunger pains isn’t an ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hovercraft (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hovercraft (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of hovercraft is hovercraft. hovercraft: a vehicle that is supported above the surface of land or water by ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hot Water Heater vs. Water Heater
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hot Water Heater vs. Water Heater

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Do you have a hot water heater in your home? Probably not. If anything, it’s a cold water heater since it takes cold water and ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hoof (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hoof (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of hoof is hooves or rarely hoofs. The definition of hoof: a curved covering of horn that protects ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Honed In On vs. Homed In On
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Make Your Editor Cry: Honed In On vs. Homed In On

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To “home in on” something means to move toward a goal, such as “The missile homed in on its target.” To “hone” is to sharpen ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hoard vs Horde
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hoard vs Horde

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

To hoard is to squirrel stuff away, like gold coins or canned goods. A horde is usually a crowd of people but it can also ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Hippopotamus (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Hippopotamus (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of hippopotamus is hippopotamuses or erroneously hippopotami and informally hippos. The definition of hippopotamus: any of a family ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too vs. Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
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Make Your Editor Cry: Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too vs. Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Many people use the phrase to “have your cake and eat it, too” to describe getting multiple things they wanted all at once. The preferred ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Have To, Has To vs. Must
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Make Your Editor Cry: Have To, Has To vs. Must

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

Modal verbs in English serve to indicate likelihood, possibility, obligation and more. The most common examples of modal verbs include can, may, must, will and ….

Make Your Editor Cry: Halo (Awkward Plural)
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Make Your Editor Cry: Halo (Awkward Plural)

  • By: Gregg Bridgeman

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front) The plural of halo is halos or rarely haloes. The definition of halo: the aura of glory, veneration, or sentiment ….

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