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…
In Facing Demons, a woman on the brink of suicide shares how she pulled herself out of the depths of despair to live a fulfilling life. I began reading this book while I was sitting in a courtroom waiting to find out whether or not I would be selected for jury duty. Parts of it…
Religious hatred is real, and non-believers aren’t always the guilty ones. In Northern Ireland, there is a killer on the loose, and the mind of this killer has more than a few screws loose.
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…
Eat your heart out—what does this phrase really mean? Wouldn’t it be kind of gross to rip a heart out of someone else’s chest and eat it? Yuck! And you certainly wouldn’t want to eat your own heart. Where did this phrase come from? Once you know its origins and true meaning, you should be…
Would you call a female deer a do, doe, or dough? When you take a nap, do you does, doughs, or doze? When you finish a project, are you done or dun with it? Is the senior male member of a group a doyen or doyenne? dissidence, dissidents Dissidence is a disagreement. The dissidence between the…
Parenting is an adventure all its own. Until the moment that first child comes along, do any of us really know what we are getting ourselves into? No matter how many books you’ve read on parenting, no matter how many have given you advice on how to raise your kids, there are still many surprises…
What if aliens are living among us? Ambra Dawn is only seventeen, but she is one very special young lady, and her mother isn’t the only one who realizes this. So does an alien race. A race of cruel aliens wants her for their own purposes. Ambra is taken by force from her own home…
How well do you know the person you married? Are there no secrets between you? Or are there pieces of your spouse’s life you know nothing about? Jean Taylor’s husband, Glen, is suspected of kidnapping and possibly killing a little girl who was taken from her yard, but a jury has said he is innocent.…
Would you go out to diner or dinner? Would you take a dinghy or a dingy out on the lake? When you find facts that prove something is wrong, do you disprove or disapprove it? Are you disinterested or uninterested when you have absolutely no interest in something? dine, dyne When you dine, you eat. Jeremy…
