Be direct. Be a go-getter. Be articulate this year by mastering the art of spelling. When you spell what you mean, you will be able to get your point across when people read your work. Conversely, mixing up words that sound the same but have different meanings is very confusing for readers because they have to take the time to stop and try to deconstruct your sentence. It can be difficult to catch these errors because most spell checking systems will not catch words that would otherwise be spelled correctly. This is why it is important to go back and read through your work again before submitting so that you can catch any mistakes and improve the clarity of your writing. You do not want to make a trivial error such as writing a letter to Mom about how your homemade chili for New Year’s was served in her China “bolls”, because spelled like that you are talking about the seed bearing capsule of a plant. You can see more common examples of words to avoid mixing up in 2014 by reading through the following infographic.
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