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This word -- no e on the end -- means "for that thing" and is always used when referring to having exchanged money or goods or property for something else. It often comes toward the end of the sent...

We had a discussion over on FB about this sentence: ...Jump in anytime/any time you like. "Anytime" means "an indefinite point in time" as in a moment in time. ...You can do that anytime. ...I c...

"Sometime" is an indefinite POINT in time; "some time" is an indefinite PERIOD of time. If you are thinking of "1:15" or "2:30," it is one word; if you are thinking of "seven hours" or "ten minutes...

Just a reminder: We have an idiom turn into. It means "to become." ...When he drinks, he turns into a monster... ...He turned into someone I don't even recognize... Since this is true, we have t...

Much of my time is being consumed these days with my efforts to write my new book -- Word Pares, Pears, Pairs. I am determined to have it out by the end of January! Apropos of my new book, there w...

Anymore, one word, means "no longer" or "from this time forward." ...will not do that anymore... ...do not see him anymore... Any more, two words, means "any or anything additional." ...do not n...

The "one" words: No one is always two words. Everyone, anyone, someone are one word when they refer to a random person. (They are called "indefinite pronouns.") ...I need someone to help me. ......

Someone on FB asked about these. This is from my new book that is coming out this fall: Word Pares, Pears, Pairs. It will be some 3,000 pairs defined with examples. passed Past tense and past par...