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Confusing words: Z


zero, zeros, zeroes

The plural of zero is zeros, as in a big number with a lot of zeros. There is also such a word as zeroes. Zeroes with an e is a verb, as in when someone zeroes in on something or resets an instrument or counter to zero.

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Confusing words: Y


Ye Olde Worlde Shoppe

There isn’t really such a thing as “ye olde” anything.

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Confusing words: X

Twenty-fourth post in the series of confusing words

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Confusing words: W

wave, waver, waive, waiver

Sometimes confused.

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Confusing words: V

“I cannot tell a lie.”