Judy Hagey Editor
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Humor is usually a good way to make a point. And this picture makes the point I needed to make with a recent client who had difficulty making the distinction between deluded and diluted. Yet another pair of words that sound alike, but should not be used interchangeably.
I have a torus palatinus. No, that’s not some obscene fetish. An oral tori is bony growth that occurs on the palate or jaw. Common, harmless, and normally painless, mine is on the roof of my mouth and doesn’t usually bother me.
If you need another example of the confusion that reigns in the English language, I tackle another set of confusables today: choose - chose and loose - lose. Even though they look similar - normally a hint for rhyming words, there's not a rhyming pair in the bunch.
Judging from this sign I saw recently on a computer terminal at an eatery, I’m not the only one who has to stop and think about when to use breath and when breathe is the right choice.
Not every question requires a question mark. Trust me.
