Do you know the difference between mucus and mucous or tousle and tussle?
Are you sure? Collect the Tricky Quickies series and find out!
Tricky Quickies 1 is now available in multiple formats. Tricky Quickies 2 will be out later in 2025. Join my mailing list for updates.
Ever get caught out using the wrong word or phrase?
Or maybe you’re making spoken or written mistakes without even realising.
We’ve all been there.
But slow your pulse and lower your shrieks. Tricky Quickies 1 is the wingperson you’ve always wanted.
- Discover if that terrifyingly narrow mountain road you survived was tortuous or torturous.
- Do you forgo or forego dessert or desert? And do you get your just deserts or just desserts?
- Are you immune to or immune from chicken pox and prosecution?
The answers may not be what you think.
Tricky Quickies 1 clearly and concisely explains these and many more similar, everyday English words and phrases, with handy examples of use.
All for a price that won’t hurt your purse strings.
“Packed with pithy definitions and examples, Tricky Quickies is a must-have for every editor and writer.”
100s of tricky words and phrases
Over 200 everyday words and phrases you may be using incorrectly without realising.
Available in multiple formats
Kindle, paperback, EPUB and PDF formats available, so you can read it your way
UK and US English covered
Both UK and US English explanations and examples included
Packed with examples of usage
Clear example sentences for every one of the 200+ words and phrases
Meet the author
I spent more of my childhood than I care to admit listing words that are ‘spelt the same but sound different’, ‘sound the same but are spelt differently’, or are ‘spelt and sound the same but mean different things’ … you get the idea.
Now I’m all grown up, I put the knowledge gleaned in those early years to good use, editing and proofreading fiction, non-fiction and web content.
I’m a Modern Languages graduate of the University of Oxford, a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), and a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).
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