CORRECT WORD USAGE (page 4)

BFD

I never know which word to use, the word flammable or inflammable.

BFD

jgnat

The rank and file are regular people, not the leadership.

http://www.library.pitt.edu/labor_legacy/deindustrializationR&F.htm

jgnat

An example of people toe'ing the line.

http://www.tricolumbia.org/images/td2003/dcp_3371.jpg

Tow lines:

http://www.umass.edu/fac/calendar/universitygallery/events/remind/SheilaPepe.html

poppers

From BFD: "I never know which word to use, the word flammable or inflammable."

Worry no more because both mean the same thing.

Words that regularly get misused:

it's - use this ONLY when you want to say "it is", in ALL other cases spell it "its". People get confused by "its" because a possessive usually has an apostraphe, but in this case there isn't one.

to, too - a way to help keep them straight is this: if you can substitute "tah" (rhymes with "the") then spell it "to", otherwise spell it "too", unless you are talking about the number 2, "two". Think of this sentence: "I want to (tah) go to (tah) the store; do you want to (tah) come too?" and "It's too bad you have to (tah) go."

lose - as in, "I hope we don't lose the game."
loose - as in, "I have a loose tooth."

who's - use only when you want to say "who is" or "who has"
whose - use as a possessive, as in "Whose car is that?"

nvrgnbk

I never know which word to use, the word flammable or inflammable.

Are you talking about your underwear again, BFD?

BFD

Nvr- you of all people should know I don't wear underwear.

BFD

CORRECT WORD USAGE

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