Tuesday Tricksters, July 19

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I don't know where this year has gone! Do you? It's already mid-summer here in the northern hemisphere, and it seems like it should just be spring!

Here's the latest selection in the continuing saga of homophones that make too many writers look "less than," because the words sound alike (or nearly so, anyway), and we often forget there are others that might the one we should be using. 

These words are another reminder to use spellcheck, but then use "brain check" and "eye check." Spellcheck does only ONE thing: it spells. It does not know if you've used the right or not. Don't let it fool you into making an easily corrected word error!

I learned three new words just putting this edition together: immerge, elusion, and impassible. Now if they'd only show up in a crossword puzzle (and if I could remember their definitions), I'd feel really smart!

Did you learn one or two words here as well? What were they?

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