emPOWERED Word Choice

“The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter—it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
—Mark Twain

All of us have words we commonly confuse: Is it lay or lie? Few or less? Biannual or biennial? With the emPOWERED Word Choice Job Aide, you’ll never have to guess at these choices again. This handy reference puts 45 of the most commonly confused word pairs at your fingertips, with a brief definition of each word and an example sentence to make its usage clear.

The Job Aide also includes a mini-index that will point you to valuable information about the parts of speech—noun, verb, adjective, preposition, and more—in Write for Business, which will deepen your understanding of proper word choice.