{"id":8529,"date":"2017-04-28T04:35:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hilbertthm90.wordpress.com\/?p=8529"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:27:10","slug":"those-words-are-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/2017\/04\/those-words-are-different\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Sets of Confused Words: Writing Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Here’s a list of commonly confused words I routinely have to look up. Many of these I’ve used incorrectly until quite recently because I didn’t even realize they were different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few others I’ve seen other people use incorrectly, so they were on my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We won’t rehash the to\/too\/two or there\/their\/they’re nonsense because everyone knows those are different even if they mess it up sometimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are words many people don’t even realize are different words.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lull means to put to sleep. This is easy to remember because you can think lullaby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loll means to recline or dangle loosely. The more common mistake seems to be writing “lull” when “loll” should be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clamber means to climb up with all your body parts. Clamor is an outcry or loud noise. This distinction also has a trick. Climb has a “b” and so does clamber, so clamber means to climb. I’m not sure the error happens one way or the other more often, because it’s not clear to me most people even realize these are different words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour means to dump a liquid, usually onto or into something else. Pore means to gaze or study with much attention. I think the trick here is to remember that pore is a word. It seems to me most people use “pour” for everything without realizing the other one exists and is different. If you do confuse them, pour has a “u” just like dump and liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Palate is the roof of your mouth. Palette is the board you mix paint on. I must admit that I wrote a whole short story about a painter where I accidentally used “palate” everywhere. I caught it upon revision, but I was alarmed at how unaware of this I was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve yet to come up with an easy way to remember the difference, but this is probably another case of being aware that “palette” exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConfusing Words 1: Lull vs Loll:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ex: I lulled the baby to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex: The baby’s head lolled to the side as I lulled him to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConfused Words 2: Clamber vs Clamor:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ex: I clambered up the fire pole at the first sound of the alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex: The protesters clamored their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConfusing Words 3: Pour vs Pore:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ex: I poured myself a glass of orange juice for breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex: I pored over the photograph of a person pouring orange juice for a clue to the mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConfused Words 4: Palate vs Palette:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ex: You have a refined palate to be able to distinguish Merlot from Cabernet by taste alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex: Bob Ross sets up his palette carefully before he begins any painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n