I really do adore writing and as some of you may know, I used to even love English the most at Secondary School before I decided to ditch it for Computing.
But some things still hack me off even more than people who don't know why their Windows Taskbar is at the right hand side instead of the bottom. I've now decided to start making blog entries on things that people consistently get wrong when writing.
Today's post is on the difference between the two words lightening and lightning. They are very distinct words that are one character different. I noticed this twice in the past two days and it's just something I cannot get out of my head. One place I now notice this problem all the time is when people are referring to Apple's Lightning connector. So here's the difference:
Lightning
That is lightning without the extra e is the form of electrical discharge that we see when warm and cold air mix (or something like that). Notice the single e.
Lightening
This is when you turn a lap on and the room begins to lighten up. Another example could be take 10 potatoes out of a bag, this is lightening the bag.
There. There may be more of these posts in the future because I get annoyed.
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