dictionary and thesaurus Another update to our Glossary of Confusing Words. This time we have two pairs of words, and some explanation about how to tell the difference between them. 1) Effect ...

Such words are especially common in math where, for example, reducing a fraction to lowest terms has no effect on its value (e.g., 6/8 = 3/4). And where we borrow a “1" when subtracting even ...