Navel – oranges and your belly button Naval – sailing term
Category: Glossary – Grammar
ACS SOP of acceptable terms
Who’s and Whose
Who’s – a contraction for who is Whose – ownership
Wrapped and Rapt
Wrapped – to cover or enclose, also metaphorically such as, wrapped up in travel plans Rapt – completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing
Whisky and Whiskey
Whisky – the Irish form of the word whiskey Whiskey – the American form of the word whisky
Vein, Vane and Vain
Vein – carries blood Vane – an object that is moved by gases, weather vane Vain – narcissistic
Used to or Use to?
Used to
Whether, Weather and Wether
Whether – castrated sheep Weather – climate Whether – expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives
Taught and Taut
Taught – past tense of teach Taut – an expression of physical tension
Timber and Timbre
Timber – wood Timbre – music term
Throne and Thrown
Throne – chair Thrown – is an action