Would you close off a pasture with a gait or a gate? Is a gallop or a galop a dance? When you place a bet, do you gamble or gambol? Would someone be strangled with a garret or a garote? gait, gate Gait is a manner of walking, stepping, or running. If Jenny was to…
Does a chimney have a flew, a flu, or a flue? Would you serve flounder or founder for dinner? Is flour or flower used to make a cake? Would you have fore books or four books? flew, flu, flue Flew is the past tense of fly. The parrot escaped from his cage and flew through the…
When you locate what you are searching for, do you find it or fined it? Is one who catches fish a fisher or a fissure? Is a flair or a flare a torch that is used for guidance? Would your dog be annoyed by a flea or a flee? find, fined When you find something, you locate…
If something has an offensive odor, is it fated, fatted, feted, or fetid? Is an enemy your faux or your foe? Do you walk on your feat, feet, or fete? If you are burning hot, do you have a fever or a fervor? Would you store papers in a file or a phial? fated, fatted,…
If you want to vote in the affirmative, would you vote eye, aye, or I? Would you put a needle through an eyelet or an islet? Would you put eyes, ayes, or ice in your drink? If you say something in a joking manner, are you being facetious or factious? Is a pseudonym a factitious…
Is a female sheep a ewe, a yew, or a you? When you accept something, do you except it or accept it? Is a surplus an excess or an access? When you get rid of something, do you exercise it or exorcise it? When you speed up, do you exhilarate or accelerate? ewe, yew, you A ewe is…
Is an epitaph or an epithet written on a tombstone? Is a male horseback rider an equestrian or an equestrienne? Is a mistake an era or an error? Do you essay or assay something when you test it? epic, epoch Epic means heroic or very large. It is also a narrative poem, such as The Iliad by Homer.…
Does an emigrant or an immigrant leave one country to settle in another? Are you paid an emollient or an emolument for working? Is the study of insects known as entomology, etiology, or etymology? Would you put a letter in an envelop or an envelope? emersion, immersion Emersion is the act of emerging or coming forth.…
Are flowers kept in an earn or an urn? Is effect a noun or a verb? Is an offensive word an affront or an effrontery? Are there eight or ate cats that live in my house? If you were going in for surgery, would you be knocked out with ether or either? earn, urn One…
Do you write a rough draft or a rough draught? Would you place your clothes in a draw or drawer? Are the two going to have a dual or duel? Will the prisoner be taken to the dudgeon or dungeon? draft, draught Draft has many meanings, one of which is an outline or preliminary sketch of…
