commonly misused words

Do you meet a limit or reach it?

Which is correct? You should explore data archiving long before there's a risk that your storage limit will be _____. a. met b. reached

Is that network insecure or unsecure?

Which is correct? The bottom line seems to be that you can't browse securely on an ________ network. a. insecure b. unsecure

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Supposedly vs. supposably

Which is correct? Although data warehousing was ________ going to be a panacea for enterprise data problems, things haven't worked out that way. a. supposedly b. supposably

Criteria or criterion?

Which is correct? One important ________ for security assurance is documentation of application security measures in development. a. criterion b. criteria

Purposely or purposefully?

Which is correct? Although most information breaches aren't committed _________, the effects can be just as serious as if there had been a security attack. a. purposely b. purposefully

“Composed of” or “comprised of”?

Which is correct? An ODS may be ___________ various types of data that must connect to different components of an information system. a. composed of b. comprised of

Every day vs. everyday — when to use which?

Which is correct? In late 2008, Nortel and T-Mobile tested LTE under __________ conditions. a. every day b....       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend June 22, 2009  2:29 PM Which is correct — pique or peak or peek? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Add new tag, Business writing, CIO, commonly misused expressions, commonly misused words, peak pique or peek, Quiz, spelling Which is correct? The proliferation of       1 Comment     RSS Feed     Email a friend May 29, 2009  1:33 PM Which is correct — simple or simplistic? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Business writing, CIO, commonly confused words, commonly misused words, Quiz, simple or simplistic Which is correct? A good markup language should be as ________ as possible, rather than needlessly...       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend May 18, 2009  5:42 PM Which is correct — flout or flaunt? Posted by: Ivy Wigmore Business writing, CIO, commonly confused words, commonly misused words, flaunt or flout, Quiz Which is correct? It only takes one user ________ security policies to give an attacker access to network data....       0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend PREV123NEXT About This Blog Is your grammar as good as your code? Take our daily quiz and brush up your written communication skills! >> READ MORE ABOUT THIS BLOG Browse This Blog’s Tags acronyms and initialisms, adjectives, agreement, a or an, apostrophes, AP style, archaic speech and grammar, archaic words and phrases, Business writing, capitalization, CIO, commas, common grammar errors, commonly confused terms, commonly confused words, commonly misspelled words, commonly misunderstood phrases, commonly misunderstood terms, commonly misused expressions, commonly misused phrases, commonly misused words, common misspellings, compound words, eggcorns, ESL, grammar, grammar wars, hyphenation, less or fewer, me/myself/I, meanings of common expressions, misplaced modifiers, money, numbers, numerals, one word or two, percentages, personal pronouns, plural/singular, pluralization, possessives, pronouns, punctuation, Quiz, sentence structure, spelling, subject-verb agreement, verbs, word choice, word meanings Archives May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 March 2012 October 2011 August 2011 June 2011 May 2011 March 2011 February 2011 December 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 Blog Roll ITKE Community Blog Overheard in the tech blogosphere Our Latest Discovery Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips Everything Language and Grammar The Word Blog Editage The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks Motivated Grammar Mark Allen (@EditorMark) The Grumpy Grammarian Impertinent remarks Worthless Words for the Day Help Subscribe to Alerts RSS feed of Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog hidden modal window Community Blog | About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Terms of Use | DMCA Policy TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organization's IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines. All Rights Reserved, Copyright 1999-2013, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Policy Questions and Answers Index 1 | Questions and Answers Index 2 | IT Topics Index 1 | IT Topics Index 2 | Blogs Index | Blogs Tags