That or Which, and Why: A Usage Guide for Thoughtful Writers and Editors

A vs. An A Historic, etc. Adverb Placement Adverse/Averse Adviser/Advisor Historic/Historical Affect/Effect Allude/Refer Along With Alternate/Alternative Antecedents 'As Such' (Transition) Assure/Ensure/Insure As, Then As As vs. So As Well As, Too (Starting Sentence) AttorneyS General, etc. The Authorities Award/Reward Awhile/A While Bacterium/Bacteria (Feel) Bad/Badly Baited/Bated (Breath) 'Because' and 'Since' Beg the Question Beside/BesideS Between/Among 'Between...and,' Not 'Between...to' Between the Cracks Bid, Bid, Bade 'Big of a' Borne Out, With an 'E' Both Brackets Broadcast, the Verb Cardinal/Ordinal Numbers Cast, the Verb Center Around/On Chair/Chairperson Cohort 'Collective' Collective Nouns Compare To/With Comprise Could/Couldn't Care Less Criterion/Criteria Phenomenon/Phenomena Danglers Decimate Declined TO Comment Defining Clause -- See That vs. Which 'Democratic,' the Adjective Difference/Differential Different From/Than Double Possessive I Double Possessive II Drag/'Drug' Due To Each Other/One Another Eke Elegant Variation Echo Enormity Evoke/Invoke Precipitate/Precipitous Facility False Titles Farther/Further Feud Fewer/Less Five Times Below, 160% Less, etc. Flaunt/Flout Fondle Forbid -- Make the past tense "forbade." 'Former Native' Fortuitous 'From Whence' -- See Whence Fulsome Problematic Fused Participle 'Off Of' Gantlet/Gauntlet Stanch/Staunch Gerrymander/Jerry-Built/Jury-Rigged Gibe/Jibe Gild/Paint the Lily (I Am) Good / (I Am) Well 'Graduated College' Graffito/Graffiti Hand Down/Hand Up Hanged/Hung Have to/Got to Head/Head Up Heart-Rending/Heart-Wrenching He or She, etc. Hold [Down] the Fort Home/Hone Honored in the Breach 'Human Race' -- See Oddities Hyphens 'If Not' Impact, the Verb Implement Imply/Infer Important/Importantly Incidence/Incident/Instance Individuals/People/Persons In Line/On Line, Online 'In Order To' In, Up and On Irrelevant (NOT 'Irrevelant') 'Issues' Late, as in Dead Lend/Loan Lie, Lay, and All That 'Lightening' 'Forecasted' Like/Such As Like, With a Clause Lion's Share Literally Loath/Loathe Located/Situated Masterful/Masterly May/Might 'Media,' Plural Me, Myself (Reflexive Pronouns) Mondegreen Monies More Than/Over Myriad Namesake 'Near Miss' Neither None, Plural Normalcy Notoriety Oddities 'Older Than Him' 'To She and I' One Of/Among With Plural Verb 'One of the Only' 'Only,' Placement Of Oral/Verbal Orient/Orientate Partake/Participate/Take Part People/Persons -- See Individuals/People/Persons Per 'Pleaded Guilty' Pole/Post Position Police, The Possessive Nouns with Pronouns Preposition Ending Sentence Prior to/Before Rage/Wage Ravage/Ravish Raveled Sleave, With an 'A' A Reader's Potpourri The Reason Is That Rebut/Refute Reference as a Verb Regard/Regards Reluctant/Reticent Remunerate/Renumerate Replete Resonate Reverend Sequence of Tenses Series: Changing Numbers Series, Run-On Serve/Service Singular Noun, Plural Pronoun Sleight/Slight of Hand 'Snuck' Split Infinitive Straighten/Straiten Suspect/Suspected (adj.) Swatch/Swath Tautology 'That Of,' Omitted That vs. Which 'They Each' Till/Until Tons Was Tortuous/Torturous 'To She and I' -- See 'Older Than Him' To...To Toward(s) Troopers/Troupers Try And/Try To Unique Use/Usage Wangle/Wrangle Weapon(s) Inspector 'Well,' the Adjective Whence Where...at Wherefore Whether (or not) Who/Whom Whose/Of Which 'Woof Down' You, Understood