As communicators, we communicate. And to communicate, we need to ensure we use the proper words, tone and, of course, grammar.
I thought it would be of value, to share an infographic I stumbled upon on PR Daily clarifying certain meanings behind commonly misused English words.
My favourite is: infamous. I am guilty for have using infamous in a positive matter, describing someone as the “more” famous than famous, the infamous. When in reality, the true definition is one who has an extremely bad reputation. I apologize to all the names I have put following the word infamous.
Do you know of any other words that are commonly misused? What about sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization that you find is often misused? Share your opinion by leaving a comment.
It would be remiss not to mention inflammable. Many people think it means not flammable but it means the exact opposite…easily ignited.