Episode Description
As an editor, I see commonly confused words all the time. There are the super common ones we all know (to/too/two, etc.), but lately I've been spotting a handful of less commonly confused words over and over again while copyediting manuscripts.
Whether it's the result of speech-to-text software, typing too quickly, or our brains simply filling in what we expect to see, these mistakes seem to be popping up for me lately. I figured I should highlight them in an episode of The Modern Editor so that you can watch out for them too!
Important Sections:
- (1:32) Stock and Stalk
- (2:17) Break and Brake
- (2:45) Phase and Faze
- (3:21) Peak, Peek, and Pique
- (4:06) Casualty and Causality
- (4:42) Keep a List of the Commonly Confused Words You Encounter While Copyediting