It’s always nice to get feedback from writers / clients. Thank you Christine Bell!
Recognition
Compliment vs. Complement
These two words are often confused with one another. Recently, they have been misused often in my reading. So, it became the Tuesday Tip for today.
Compliment: an admiring or flattering remark, praise
Example: Do you blush when you are given a compliment?
Complement: goes well with others, completes
Example: The chocolate sauce complements the cheesecake.
A quick tip to determine if you should use an “i” or an “e”: I like to give compliments.
Compliment vs. Complement
Lets vs. Let"s
This Tuesday Tip is for a reader…you know who you are.
Lets: used when saying that something is “allowed”
Example: The man lets his roommate believe he knows something about computers.
Let’s: used when abbreviating the phrase “let us”
Example: Let’s try to find something nice to say about our roommate.
Lets vs. Let"s
Led vs. Lead
Here is an example of a mistake I’ve found recently in a few different books. Hopefully this will clear up any confusion.
Led means guided. It is the past tense of to lead.
Lead is a type of metal. It rhymes with red.
I’ve found the word lead used many times when the author meant led. Not only is the wrong word being used, but it makes the reader pause to determine if the sentence is in the past or present tense.
Led vs. Lead
Sink vs. Sync (or Synch)
This Tuesday Tip is based on an error I found in a book I finished reading today.
Sink: where you wash dirty clothes (or dishes, or hands), to submerge, to descend to a lower level
Sync or Synch: To match up, to coincide, to synchronize
Sink vs. Sync (or Synch)
