I don’t have any more money anymore
anymore means any longer, nowadays
any more means something additional or further
Can anyone here show me someone shy?
Here is a different way to look at the meaning of these words:
anybody, anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere
Imply there are many possibilities
Are not selective
somebody, someone, something, sometime, somewhere
Imply there are fewer possibilities
Are selective
For further explanation, visit Grammar Mishaps
Keep your up-to-date website up to date
When should I hyphenate up to date?
Hyphenate up to date when it precedes a noun.
This is an up-to-date calendar of events.
Do not hyphenate up to date when there is no noun following.
Please keep me up to date on the progress.
I will fix it somehow anyhow
somehow means in some way not yet known or designated
anyhow means in any way or manner whatever
These aren’t even words
gonna is a non-word
use going to
gotta is a non-word
use going to
wanna is a non-word
it is short for want a
They swam in the lake
The past tense of these verbs has changed over time.
These appear to be the currently accepted forms:
begin, began
drink, drank
ring, rung
shrink, shrunk
sing, sang or sung
sink, sunk
spin, spun
stink, stank or stunk
swim, swam or swum
For more details visit this page.
Yesterday was Thursday, not Monday!
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter.
It commemorates the Last Supper.
Maundy comes from the Latin phrase: mandamentum do vobis.
It means “A new commandment I give unto you.” (John 13:34)
Surely you jest! You misunderstood the gist of it.
jest means an act performed for amusement
gist means the main idea or substance
Use the proper word when you say, “That was the gist of the lesson from their teacher.”
Dumb and dumber become more stupid
dumb and stupid have different forms for their superlatives*:
dumb
dumber
dumbest
stupid
more stupid
most stupid
Never use stupider or stupidest.
*The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending “-est” to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting “most” before it. — Wiktionary
Visit Everything Language and Grammar for more on this.
The anonymous vote was unanimous
anonymous means an author of unknown name
unanimous means complete agreement within a group
These could sound similar so be sure to choose the correct one.