Losing vs Loosing

Now I’ve always known the difference between the two, but I have been noticing lately that more & more people have been adding an extra “O” whenever they are talking about losing. Of course without their knowledge, they end up saying something completely different by writing the word with two O’s. Maybe if they knew the meaning of loosing, they would

Than vs Then

The words “than” and “then” tend to be misused frequently. In order to simplify things, here is one simple rule that you need to remember: the only time you use than is when you are comparing something to another. If the sentence you are writing is not comparing anything, you will always use then. Here are some examples for you:

Homophones

If you’re anything like me, it must drive you absolutely mad when someone uses the wrong form of homophones. But I suppose some of the blame must be put on the English language; after all homophones are “Two or more words (such as knew and new) that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and often spelling.” I have taken two homophones that particularly annoy me when