Wednesday Words: Anal, Annal, Annual

Best guess is that many writers don’t know the word “annal,” so it’s worth highlighting it here, along with two others you might type in error.

Anal (adj.): of or near the anus; someone who is uptight or controlling

Annal (n .): a record of one year’s achievements (a yearbook)

Annual (adj.): something happening yearly (an annual event); (n.): a plant that lives only one year

Now you may not be familiar with the word "annal," but how about the plural form, "annals," which is more commonly used. It means much the same thing: a collection of works, each of which contains a year's worth of information. 

So now you know, right? We writers really need to pay attention to what we write/type; it’s terribly easy to write the wrong word and confuse our reader(s).

Are there other word pairs/triplets that are easily confused? Share them with us, so that we may learn which is which!

And if this post helped you in any way, I hope you’ll find it relevant and/or share it in hives so those members may learn how to use these words too.

Thanks!

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