The Inigo Montoya Guide to 27 Commonly Misused Words from Copyblogger

by Mary Cullen on December 12, 2008

in Business Writing Skills, Recommended Resources

Brian Clark, author of the wonderful Copyblogger blog clarifies 27 commonly misused words.

Being New England born and bred, I still have to stop myself from adding an “s” to toward and afterward, as “towards” and “afterwards” are New England colloquialisms. Do you misuse any of these words?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
~Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride

Read the Copyblogger article here.

Mary
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