Affect vs effect (which one to use and when)

Should you be using the word “affect’ or “effect” in that sentence? It can be extremely difficult to try and figure out which one you are supposed to use when, but extremely embarrassing if you mess it up around the wrong people. The truth is, unless you are stressing the sound of the first letter

Gray or grey – Understanding the two spellings

Did you see a grey mouse? Or did you buy a gray shirt? Most people do not know the difference between gray and grey and just take a guess at which one they think is right. While sometimes that works okay because you either guess it correctly or no one notices your error, other times

Cancelled or canceled – Which one is right?

Cancelled or canceled is the past tense to the word cancel, which means to decide not to conduct/preform something, usually suddenly. Depending on what you are reading, who you are talking to, and where you are, you have probably seen the word spelled in two different ways. One with a singular “L,” the other with

Its vs it’s (which one to use)

When someone is writing in a hurry, it can be extremely easy for them to mix up its vs it’s. This is especially true because these two words to not follow the same rules that most other words follow. Usually, when you want to make a noun plural, you add an “s” to the end. For

Is it bear with me or bare with me?

Homophones are one of the trickiest things in the English language. They sound the same but mean two totally different things and have two different spellings. There is a lot to learn. Furthermore, bare and bear are also homographs, meaning they have multiple meanings with the same spelling. Between the two spellings, you have a