Published on
June 28, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
December 16, 2025
Humor and humour are two ways of spelling the noun meaning “the characteristic of being amusing” or “mood.” The word can also be used as a verb to mean “indulge.” The spelling depends on the type of English you use.
In American English, “humor” is correct.
In British English, “humour” is standard.
It’s important to choose one spelling and use it consistently. The Quillbot Grammar Checker can help you with this.
Examples: Humor or humour in a sentenceHis humor/humour always lightens the mood at work meetings.
After a good night’s sleep, her humor/humour improved drastically.
The principal decided to humor/humour the student’s imaginative story even though it was quite far-fetched.
Published on
June 28, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
December 16, 2025
Honor and honour are two ways of spelling the same noun, which means “great respect” or “privilege.” It can also be used as a verb to mean “keep an agreement” or “regard with great respect.” The spelling depends on the type of English you use.
In American English, “honor” is correct.
In British English, “honour” is standard.
It’s important to choose one spelling and use it consistently. The Quillbot Grammar Checker can help you with this.
Examples: Honor or honour in a sentenceIn academic settings, plagiarism is viewed as a breach of honor/honourbecause it involves academic dishonesty.
Meghan decided to honor/honourher grandfather’s legacy by continuing his philanthropic work.
The organization plans to honor/honourits employees with a special recognition ceremony.
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
November 4, 2025
Whoa is an interjection used to express shock or surprise. It was traditionally used to command a horse or person to stop or slow down. Like other interjections, whoa should be avoided in professional communication and academic writing.
The use of the variant spelling woah is more common in UK English than US English, but in both cases, it’s not considered standard. Many dictionaries and other language authorities do not accept this spelling at all.
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
November 4, 2025
Gist is a noun that typically means “most important idea” or “essence,” but it can also be used to refer to the grounds of a legal action. It’s almost always preceded by the definite article “the” (and can’t be used with the indefinite article “a”).
Jist is a misspelling of the word gist and should not be used. The Quillbot Grammar Checker catches and automatically corrects common mistakes like this.
Examples: Jist or gist in a sentence
I read the summary to get the jistof the novel’s plot
I read the summary to get the gist of the novel’s plot.
Can you give me the jistof the presentation in a few sentences?
Can you give me the gist of the presentation in a few sentences?
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
June 10, 2026
The noun label describes a piece of material that identifies the object it’s attached to. It can also be used as a verb to describe the act of affixing a label to an object or assigning a label to a person to put them in a specific category.
“Lable” is a common misspelling and should be avoided. The Quillbot Grammar Checker will fix this and other common mistakes automatically.
Examples: Lable or label in a sentence
Don’t try to lableme!
Don’t try to label me!
Do your parents still lableyour clothes?
Do your parents still label your clothes?
Label is the standard spelling in both US and UK English, but other verb forms are different for US and UK English (e.g., labeled vs labelled).
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
June 10, 2026
Yours truly is commonly used as a sign-off before your name to end an email or letter. You typically use it when you’re writing to someone you haven’t communicated with before.
Yours truly consists of the possessive pronounyours and the adverbtruly (which is often misspelled “truely”) and is followed by a comma. It’s used in a similar way to Sincerely yours. However, “Sincerely yours” is traditionally used for people you have communicated with before. Nowadays, this distinction is no longer as strict.
When using “Yours truly” and other formal sign-offs, you should always capitalize the first letter of the first word. You can use the Quillbot Grammar Checker to check for this and other spelling and grammar mistakes.
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
November 4, 2025
Sense is a noun that means “awareness,” “good judgment,” “particular meaning,” or “vague impression,” or a verb that means “to feel.” It’s also used to refer to the five sensory faculties (smell, touch, taste, hearing, and sight).
“Sence” is a common misspelling and should be avoided. Words with a similar pronunciation are sometimes spelled with a “c” (e.g., “pence”), but others are spelled with an “s” (e.g., dense). Sense belongs to the latter category.
Examples: Sense or sense in a sentence
That doesn’t make any sence to me.
That doesn’t make any sense to me.
My sence of smell has completely gone since my cold.
My sense of smell has completely gone since my cold.
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
November 4, 2025
Hers is a third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun. It’s sometimes written as “her’s”—with an apostrophe—but this spelling is incorrect.
Possession is typically indicated by adding ’s to a word, but possessive pronouns are an exception to this rule. This means that “her’s” is always incorrect.
This is also true for other possessive pronouns, such as ours and theirs. The Quillbot Grammar Checker will fix this and other common mistakes automatically.
Examples: Hers and her’s in a sentence
I forgot my charger, but maybe I can borrow her’s.
Forty is sometimes misspelled as “fourty”—probably because 4 is spelled as “four”—but “fourty” is not a real word. This is also true when “forty” is used as part of a larger number, such as “forty-two” or “two-hundred-forty.” Quillbot’s grammar check tool will fix this and other common mistakes automatically.
Published on
June 27, 2024
by
Julia Merkus, MA.
Revised on
June 10, 2026
At your earliest convenience is a phrase commonly used at the end of a professional email to request someone to do something as soon as reasonably possible.
The phrase is typically considered professional and polite, but it’s not specific and might cause confusion or miscommunication. In some cases, it’s better to use one of our three alternatives to end an email to make sure the other person understands the level of urgency.
