Valentines or Valentine’s: The Easy Guide

valentines or valentines
Valentine’s is correct when you mean Valentine’s Day, while valentines is correct as the plural of valentine for people, cards, ...
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Semicolon or Colon: The Easy Guide to Correct Use

semicolon or colon
Semicolon or colon depends on the job you want the punctuation mark to do: use a semicolon (;) to link ...
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Send or Sent: The Easy Guide to Correct Usage

send or sent
Send is the present or base form of the verb, while sent is its past tense and past participle. Use ...
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Lended or Lent: Which Is Correct?

Lended or Lent
Lent is the correct past tense and past participle of lend. Lended is not accepted in standard English and should ...
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Pleaded or Pled: Which Is Correct?

pleaded or pled
Quick Answer: Pleaded and pled are both correct past tense forms of plead. Pleaded is the standard form used worldwide ...
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Your’s or Yours: The Complete Guide to the Correct Usage

Yours is the correct word. Your’s is a common mistake and is not standard English. The first time I edited ...
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Affect vs. Effect: What’s the Difference and When to Use Each?

affect or effect
 Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence or change something. Effect is usually a noun meaning the result or ...
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Aid or Aide: The Complete Guide to the Difference

aid or aide
Aid is usually a noun or verb that means help or support. Aide is always a noun that means a ...
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