Addition is the act or process of adding—adding numbers, increasing quantities, or creating or putting a new thing somewhere; or addition can refer to the thing that is added: Addition was the first mathematical operation we learned.With the addition of more rain tomorrow, we may flood.The addition to the house was very expensive. Additionally, you […]

Although ideal is a form of idea, their meanings are a bit different. Because, in casual speech, idea means “thought or concept” while ideal means “perfect or best.”These words have long histories. Idea comes from an ancient Greek word, eidos, meaning “image” as well as “idea” and is related to the Greek philosopher Plato’s famous […]

The words peek and peak have the same sound but different meanings. Peek (verb or noun) means to “look (at something) briefly or furtively (in a sneaky way).” Peak (noun, verb, or adjective) means, “(to reach) the pointy top of something such as a mountain or hat.”Let’s start with Peek, can be used in a variety of […]

All over and allover both mean “everywhere” but are used differently. All over is an adverbial phrase: The children ran all over the yard. However, all over is often used less literally, just to mean “a lot”: There were professors arguing all over the conference room. Allover usually acts as an adjective: I prefer a […]

The words its and it’s fit into a class of confused words called homonyms, which are words that are spelled the same or that sound the same, but have different meanings.  So how do you tell the difference between these words? Well, first remember that it’s (which uses the apostrophe) is a contraction for “It is,” […]