It's time for more commonly confused words...
First on the list: appraise and apprise.
If you estimate the value of something, you appraise it.
When you inform someone of a situation, you apprise them.
Next: wonder vs wander:
If you think about something curiously, you wonder about it.
If you roam aimlessly, you wander.
Last: palate, palette and pallet.
Your palate can mean the roof of your mouth or your sense of taste.
A palette is a small board an artist uses to mix paint colors.
A pallet is a small or makeshift bed.
See you again soon. Thanks for visiting. :)
My thoughts wandered through the palette of my desires, appraising each wonderful color....or something like that. (;
ReplyDeleteOoo - nice flash fiction! And you got the words right to boot. LOL :D
DeletePallet is also a wooden platform freight is shipped or moved on.
ReplyDeleteAnother pair I hear messed up in speech more than in writing is onto and unto.
Oo. Good point! :)
DeleteApprise is such a cool word--must work that into a book somehow. WHEN I'm out of the Viking era, that is!
ReplyDeleteLOl - Right. :D
DeleteGood choices! Pegg is right about the pallet for shipping.
ReplyDeleteYes, she is.
DeleteThanks for visiting. :)
Ah! Good ones!
ReplyDeleteThanks. :)
DeleteI was going to mention the pallet thing, too. (Though, around here, we call them skids.) Great post! :D
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think of the wooden kind, but y'all are right. :)
DeleteValuable gems, indeed! :-)
ReplyDeleteI wonder about my wanderings as I apprise the situation. Should I appraise this gem with all the colours of the palette? It's not to my palate so I returned to my pallet...
ReplyDeleteDid I get it right? hehehe
I think so! LOL I've really inspired some flash fiction with this one.
DeleteThanks for visiting. :)
Oh, I forgot about palate, palette and pallet. You always come up with the best words.
ReplyDeleteShhh. Don't tell anyone, but I work off a master list. ;)
DeleteI caught the wonder/wander one on YouTube once, in the comments for a song I really like, where the commenter thought he was quoting the lyrics. I didn't want to be catty and correct him so I posted a comment that agreed with his statement but requoted the line... I'm such a grammar dork :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. We can be grammar dorks together. :P
DeleteI like grammar police posts. They remind me of mistakes to avoid. I always use the dictionary or Google words if I'm ever confused.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I check words I'm unsure about all the time. :)
DeleteThis is great! I catch common mistakes often in writing and to me it is like nails on a chalk board!!! Now I go to Ask.com to check on EVERYTHING before I post my blog!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso--just joined your GFC so I can keep up with grammar mistakes! Perhaps you'd consider visiting me again and following my site for a dose of laughter?? My name appears on your GFC as Marcia Doyle instead of Menopausalmother, just to let you know! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marcia. :)
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