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Feeling Wordy? Get Your Fix

Love to learn new words? Or maybe you’re sick of using the same old ones in every status update or discussion post. I have just the thing for you to appease your curiosity with. Check out these great sites for “confusing words”, guiding your grammar, and more.

  • Guide to Grammar and Writing: This site offers assistance anywhere from use of different sentence parts, structural considerations for paper writing, essay types, and interactive quizzes all to keep you on your toes.
  • Confusing Words: Have you written a sentence and you weren’t sure whether you need there, they’re or their? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone! This site helps you to decipher how best to use a collection of 3,210 of the most “troublesome” words for both readers and writers.
  • Vocabulary: This interactive dictionary and thesaurus will help you to “discover connections between words in a visually captivating display.” You can create lesson plans for yourself as well as play games to improve your overall vocabulary.

– By J. Mason

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