30 words you’re probably getting wrong

One of the the things about social media is that it has brought to light how poor some people’s grammar is. Perhaps even more of an issue is how acceptable poor grammar seems to be.

As a result, I thought I’d pull from the archives some old posts showing some of the words that people most commonly confuse. Here are 30 words you’re probably getting wrong:

1. A while vs. awhile
2. Further vs. farther
3. Stationery vs. stationary
4. Historical vs. historic
5. Whatever vs. whichever
6. Biannual vs. biennial
7. Sitting vs. seating
8. Who’s vs. whose
9. Nauseous vs. nauseated
10. Than vs. then
11. Who vs. whom
12. That vs. which
13. Its vs it’s
14. Insure vs. ensure
15. Lie vs. Lay