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Assault vs. battery
For a general audience, assault and battery have the same meaning. While this may vary depending on your country of residence, typically battery involves physically touching someone, while assault doesn’t and instead refers to the threat of violence. In some jurisdictions, this distinction between assault and battery no longer applies.
Apt vs. likely
Apt means suitable in a given circumstance, have the tendency to do something or be quick to learn while likely means probable or promising.
Approve vs. endorse
Approve means to accept something as satisfactory while endorse means to declare public approval or support for something. While approve implies that the approver has a positive attitude towards something, endorse implies a positive attitude and active support.
Appraise vs. apprise
Apprised means to assess the value of something while apprise means to notify someone about something.
Any place vs. anyplace
Any place means any location while anyplace is an informal usage of anywhere. Anyplace is often used in spoken language and using it in writing is considered non-standard usage. You can use anyplace in creative writing, but it’s best to use anywhere for official or formal writing.
Anywhere vs. any place
Anywhere means in, to or at any place and can be used to indicate an indefinite location, while any place has a narrower meaning of any location.
Introducing main characters later on in your novel or series
The most important thing to do when introducing a character later on in your novel or series is to foreshadow the need for them. You'll want to leave a gap that this new character can naturally fill, even if it's subtle.
Anyway vs. any way
Anyway means regardless and shows a disregard for things that may stop someone from taking a certain action, while any way means in any manner or however possible.
What are scare quotes and how can you use them in your creative writing?
Scare quotes are quotation marks used to show your reader that the meaning of the word or phrase placed in quotation marks should not be taken literally.
Anyway vs. anyways
Both anyway and anyways have the same meaning of regardless or in any case, but anyways is more informal. It’s fine to use both in your writing but I recommend you tailor their usage to your characters’ speech patterns and personalities.
How to choose a literary translator for your novel
There’s a lot to consider when you’re looking for a literary translator to translate your novel. After all, you’ve poured your heart and soul into your book and now you’re paying someone to transform your work into a whole other language so a new group of readers can enjoy it.
Anyone vs. any one
Anyone references no person in particular while any one refers to a single person which makes up a group. If you are unsure which version to use, if you can replace the word with “any”, then you would use any one instead of anyone.
Amount vs. number
Both amount and number mean quantity or amount. Amount is used with mass nouns (small, large) while number is used with count nouns (five, those).
Amiable vs. amicable
Both amiable and amicable mean friendly, but amiable refers to people while amicable references relationships.
Altogether vs. all together
Altogether means completely or totally, while all together references unity of time or place.