How many times do you question yourself when you write PRACTICE or PRACTISE, AFFECT or EFFECT, IMPLY or INFER?

However confident you are as a writer – and however good your grasp of the English language – we all have blind spots.

• BALD men aren’t always BOLD.
• DISEASED may be bad, but DECEASED is a whole lot worse.
• Dramatic CORDS require the fashion police.
• And heaven forbid you ask someone to ‘BARE with me’ – unless you’re a fan of getting naked with strangers.

Using the wrong word can completely change your message – and lead to embarrassing mistakes!

The Little Book of Confusables is your guide to the tricksy spellings even smart people screw up.

It’s designed to help you:

The Little Book of Confusables contains:

… all in a gorgeous, flickable, fits-in-your-bag format.

This is a book that’ll feed your love of language. A book you’ll want to keep close at all times. A book that’ll stop you tripping up and looking daft.

If it’s lying in wait to trip you up, The Little Book of Confusables has got you covered.

Copywriter and editor, Sarah Townsend, has helped businesses get their words right for almost 30 years. She’s also author of the bestselling guide to self-employment, Survival Skills for Freelancers.

As a lifelong language lover, Sarah has worked with words for most of her career, and admits to having an obsessive brain that finds language fascinating and often amusing.

While some people choose to be outraged by ‘shocking falling standards of English’, Sarah prefers to see mistakes as an opportunity for learning. On the basis that we learn best when we’re having fun, The Little Book of Confusables is designed to amuse, entertain and inform.

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