This blog series equips you to navigate choices with confidence and express yourself in English with ease and eloquence.

Verbage vs. Verbiage: Which Is Correct?

Verbage is a common misspelling of Verbiage. Verbiage is writing or speech that uses excessive technical words and phrases.

Offence vs. Offense

Is the correct spelling offence with a "C" or offense with an "S"? In British English, offence is the correct spelling. Meanwhile, in American English, offense with an S is the only correct spelling.

Whilst vs. While

Both whilst and while are correct spellings. Whilst is the preferred spelling in British English. While is the preferred spelling in American English. The meaning of the two words are the same when used as conjunctions or adverbs.

Inbetween vs. In Between

The only correct spelling among the two is in between with a space. An easy way to remember how to correctly spell it is by remembering that in between has a space "in between".

Paid or Payed?

The two words both exist. Paid is the past tense of the verb pay when it involves financial transactions. Payed is the past tense of the verb pay when it is used to mean sealing a part of a boat to prevent leakage.

Fishes vs. Fish

Are you unsure whether the plural of fish is fishes or just fish? The correct answer is fish. Here, we have a majority of cases to use fish in different ways.

Bingeing vs. Binging

When a verb ends in a silent E, you would typically drop the E when turning it into a present participle or gerund. There are, however, exceptions to the rule. As for the verb binge, both binging and bingeing are acceptable.

Madam vs. Madame

Madam is a formal way of addressing older women in English-speaking countries. Madame is a title or way of politely addressing married French women.

Conversate vs. Converse

Would you like to conversate with me? Or converse with me? Between conversate and converse, which is the correct spelling? The answer is converse, which is the only correct spelling among the two.