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Horde / Hoard –“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  Mark Twain

Check this category every week for a new set of ceaselessly confused, misused or misspelled words to master. Break the cycle of language abuse!  Beware the thundering hordes who hoard like hoarders and have hordes of children who have been horded into summer camps so that hordes of parents are free to manage the hoarding

Dissemble / Disassemble–“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  Mark Twain

Check this category every week for a new set of ceaselessly confused, misused or misspelled words to master. Break the cycle of language abuse!  When you put something together, you assemble it—like a jigsaw puzzle or a Lego kit or a roomful of IKEA furniture. But when it’s time to take it apart and move

Bazaar / Bizarre –“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  Mark Twain

Check this category every week for a new set of ceaselessly confused, misused or misspelled words to master. Break the cycle of language abuse!  Another favorite! I discovered long ago that many people have no idea that these are two separate words. It seems that they just latch on to one spelling or the other

Anecdote / Antidote–“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  Mark Twain

Check this category every week for a new set of ceaselessly confused, misused or misspelled words to master. Break the cycle of language abuse!  This is one of my favorites because it sounds so silly when people get it wrong! These two words have nothing to do with each other—except that they share a first

Etudes–Jacob Collier Performs Stevie Wonder

Jacob Collier Performs Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” This video shows a young Jacob Collier doing it all—singing all the parts, playing all the instruments, manipulating all the technology and creating wonderful music. Enjoy his rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” and come back on the other side.