Which Word to Use?
by Dianna Booher
Do you often waste time looking up those confusing pairs of words like “affect”and “effect”? Or what about “ensure,” “insure,” or “assure”? Or maybe the sentence calls for “irritate,” or should it be “aggravate”?
Which Word to Use? includes 258 pairs of troublesome words, their definitions, and sentences that makes proper usage crystal clear. It’s not a matter of misspelling with these word choices.
As humorist Mark Twain once remarked, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” So don’t look foolish in front of your colleagues! Get the grammar right, be clear, and save yourself some time with Dianna Booher’s Which Word to Use?
