Posts by Ethan Carter

Three words, three meanings, one common mix-up. Incoming, upcoming, and oncoming look like cousins on paper, but they don't behave the same way in a sentence. Mix them up in…

You've typed it a hundred times. Halfway through, your cursor hovers and a small, annoying question shows up: is it requester or requestor? Spellcheck doesn't flag either one, your coworker…

You type an email, pause, and stare at two words. "The order is in process." Or is it "in progress"? Both look correct. Both sound fine out loud. And that…

"Sounds good" slips out of most of us dozens of times a week. It's quick, it's friendly, and it gets the job done in a group chat or a quick…

If you've typed "resignate" and then paused, wondering if that's actually a word, you're far from alone. Thousands of people search this exact question every month, usually right before hitting…

You're halfway through an email. You type "the system fixed..." and then your fingers freeze. Is it its self or itself? You've seen both online, and now you're second-guessing a…

Few word pairs trip up writers as often as analysis and analyses. They look almost identical, they sound close enough to confuse a fast talker, and spellcheck won't catch the…

You type "Thank you for your quick respond" into an email, hit send, and then something nags at you. Was that right? Millions of people hit this exact wall every…

You're typing fast, the sentence needs a little punch, and your fingers land on "realy" instead of "really." It happens to almost everyone at some point. The question is simple,…

Type the word fast enough and your fingers might betray you. You mean to write "submission," but "submittion" slips out instead. It looks close enough to correct that spell-check sometimes…