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every since EVERY SINCE EVER SINCE The expression is not “every since” but “ever since.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/everysince.html03/09/2005 15:37:53 Everyday EVERYDAY “Everyday” is a perfectly good adjective, as in “I’m most comfortable in my everyday clothes.” The problem comes when people turn the adverbial phrase “every day” into a single word. It is incorrect to write “I take a shower everyday.” It should be “I take a shower every day.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/everyday.html03/09/2005 15:37:53 everytime EVERYTIME EVERY TIME “Every time” is always two separate words. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/everytime.html03/09/2005 15:37:53 evidence to evidence to You can provide evidence to a court, even enough evidence to convict someone; but the standard expression “is evidence of” requires “of" rather than “to” in sentences like this: “Driving through the front entrance of the Burger King is evidence of Todd’s inexperience in driving.” If you could substitute “evidences” or “evidenced” in your sentence, you need “of." List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/evidence.html03/09/2005 15:37:53 exact same EXACT SAME EXACTLY THE SAME In casual speech we often say things like, “The fruitcake he gave me was the exact same one I’d given him last Christmas,” but in formal English the phrase is “exactly the same.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/exact.html03/09/2005 15:37:54 exalt/exult EXALT/EXULT When you celebrate joyfully, you exult. When you raise something high (even if only in your opinion), you exalt it. Neither word has an “H” in it. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/exalt.html03/09/2005 15:37:56 excape EXCAPE ESCAPE The proper spelling is “escape.” Say it that way too. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/excape.html03/09/2005 15:37:56 exceptional/exceptionable EXCEPTIONAL/EXCEPTIONABLE If you take exception (object) to something, you find it “exceptionable.” The more common word is “exceptional,” applied to things that are out of the ordinary, usually in a positive way: “these are exceptional Buffalo wings.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/exceptional.html03/09/2005 15:37:57 exhileration EXHILERATION EXHILARATION “Exhilaration” is closely related to “hilarious,” whose strongly accented A should help remind you of the correct spelling. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/exhileration.html03/09/2005 15:37:57 exponential EXPONENTIAL Something grows exponentially when it repeatedly grows by multiples of some factor in a rapidly accelerating fashion. Don’t use the word loosely to refer to ordinary rapid, but steady, growth. See also “ orders of magnitude.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/exponential.html03/09/2005 15:37:57