Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley for November 25, 2014

Don’t forget the difference between to,too, and two.

Or “whose” and “who’s”

Preach it, sister!

Homonyms, one of the curses of the English language!

Amen

Amen!

My bete noir: It’s etc., not ect. And especially not &ect. or even &etc.

And those who can’t distinguish between possessive pronouns and “it is” contractions. Or use “… and I” as a compound as objective (predicate or prepositional). Or, or, or…

Your and you’re

My husband’s personal favorite:affect and effect.

Weird Al Yankovic: “Word Crimes”

I thought uhuru was masculine in gender; it’s why Captain Kirk’s communications officer was named Uhura.

As a former college prof — Amen is right. there, their, and they’re; to, two, and too; and the latest fad — then and than. Took off points for all of them on papers.

lindz.coop: Part of the problem is that semi-literate culture does not reinforce what is correct and spellcheck says, “yeah, that’s a word” and doesn’t question it. I sometimes make that sort of error, but usually catch it at the time of typing, and almost always do in the final proofread.