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“You and I” or “You and Me”? How To Use Nominative and Objective Pronouns

If you went to the grocery store with your roommate, would you say “He and I went” or “He and me went”? And if your friend graciously offered to drive you both, would you say “They drove him and I” Read more…


Commonly Confused Words: Fewer and Less

“Fewer” and “less” both mean “a smaller amount than,” so lots of people use them interchangeably. However, these words are actually different! There are specific times when you need “fewer” and other times when “less” is more appropriate. The rule Read more…


Commonly Confused Words: Affect and Effect

Here’s the problem with “affect” and “effect”: When we say them out loud, they often sound like the exact same word. Because we don’t get to practice differentiating them in our speech, when it comes time to write them down, Read more…


Commonly Confused Words: They’re, There, and Their

If you really stop and think about which form of “they’re,” “there,” or “their” you need, chances are pretty good that you’ll figure it out and arrive at the correct conclusion (likely by remembering your middle school English lessons). I Read more…


Commonly Confused Words: Further and Farther

A common query in English is whether that first little vowel in further/farther really makes any difference. If you’re running a longer distance than someone else, are you going further or farther than them? And if you’re expounding on an Read more…