Posts by Elizberth

Responsibility is the correct spelling in English. Responsability is a misspelling and should not be used in standard English. The correct form contains -ibility: responsibility. It is a noun meaning…

Superseded is the standard spelling. Superceded is a commonly encountered nonstandard or disputed spelling. Superseded is the past tense and past participle of supersede, meaning to replace or take the…

Slew and slough are different words with different meanings, although some meanings of slough can sound like slew. Use slew when you mean “a large number or amount,” as in…

Use qué for “what,” definitions, explanations, and questions where it comes directly before a noun: ¿Qué es esto? and ¿Qué libro quieres? Use cuál for “which one” or for identifying…

Use whit when you mean a tiny amount or the smallest degree of something, especially in expressions such as “not a whit” or “doesn’t care a whit.” Use wit when…

Blew is the standard simple past tense of blow: “The wind blew all night.” Blowed is not the standard past-tense form in general English, although it exists as a documented…

Revocable means something can generally be changed, cancelled, or withdrawn by the person who has the legal power to revoke it. Irrevocable means it generally cannot be revoked or changed…

Composed of and comprised of are often used to express the idea that something is made up of parts. However, they do not have the same status in formal usage.…

If you mean the negative form of can, the correct choices are cannot or can't. Cant without an apostrophe is a different word, usually meaning insincere or conventional talk, or…

If someone sends you “SMO” in a text, Snapchat message, Instagram DM, or social media comment, the meaning may not be immediately obvious. Unlike abbreviations such as “LOL” or “BRB,”…