Published on
August 5, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA
Revised on
December 10, 2024
The adjective blonde describes hair that is light yellow or a very light shade of brown and can also be spelled blond. The preferred spelling is often “blonde” when referring to a woman. “Blonde” is pronounced in the same way as “blond.”
Blond in a sentence examples
Blonde in a sentence examples
He has blond hair.
She has blonde hair.
He dyed his hair blond.
She dyed her hair blonde.
The director wanted a blond as the leading man.
The director wanted a blonde as the leading lady.
NoteSome style guides recommend only using the spelling blond as a gender-neutral word. Others recommend maintaining the traditional distinction between blonde (to refer to women) and blond (to refer to men).
In practice, the two spellings are still being used interchangeably. The important thing is to be consistent with your spelling choice throughout your texts, and, if you are writing for a publication, company or institution, to follow its guidelines.
Published on
July 24, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA
Revised on
September 30, 2024
The words compliment (with an “i”) and complement (with an “e”) have different meanings. Although they are spelled differently, they are pronounced in the same way.
A compliment (noun) is a statement or action that shows that you like or admire something or someone. To compliment (verb) means to say or show that you like or admire something or someone.
A complement (noun) is something that goes together well with something else. To complement (verb) means to go together well with something.
Compliment in a sentence examples
Complement in a sentence examples
He got lots of compliments on his new glasses when he wore them to work.
My boss complimented me on my presentation technique.
Wild rice is an ideal complement to this dish.
I think the colors complement each other perfectly.
A QuillBot Grammar Check can help you avoid mixing up commonly confused words like “compliment” and “complement.”
Published on
July 23, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA
Revised on
October 18, 2024
The nounsempathy and sympathy overlap in meaning because they are both used to describe how we share another person’s feelings or emotions.
Empathy is the ability to understand how another person feels because you can imagine how you would feel if you were in the same situation. In other words, you are able to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
Sympathy is the feeling that you understand another person’s emotions, especially when you feel sorry for someone who is in a sad or unpleasant situation.
Empathy in a sentence examples
Sympathy in a sentence examples
As a former refugee, she is able to write about displaced persons with real empathy.
His insensitive comments displayed a total lack of empathy for the victims’ suffering.
She thanked the nurses and doctors for the compassion and empathy they had shown throughout her husband’s illness.
He wrote to Paul’s widow to express his sympathy.
There was a lot of public sympathy for the workers, who have been on strike for almost two months.
It’s his own fault, so I don’t really have much sympathy for him.
As of yet and as yet are adverbial phrases meaning “yet.” You use them to say something has not happened up to now, but you expect it to happen at some point.
In formal or academic writing, it is generally best to reduce as of yet or as yet to “yet,” or use an alternative formulation such as “has/have yet to.”
Examples: As of yet in a sentence
We cannot provide you with any further information as of yet.
We cannot provide you with any further information yet.
According to the CEO, a decision has not been taken as of yet.
According to the CEO, a decision has yet to be taken.
Published on
July 12, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA
Revised on
October 10, 2024
The representativeness heuristic is a mental shortcut we use to decide the probability of something based on how typical we think it is. We assign this thing to a category and decide how similar we think it is to an “average” representative of that category.
Representativeness heuristic exampleYou are on the train with a friend, and a woman sits down opposite you.
She is dressed in colorful, flamboyant clothes and is reading the arts section of The New York Times.
When she gets out at the next stop, your friend says, “Do you think she was a famous artist?”
You reply, “Well, she definitely wasn’t a lawyer!”
Although there is a much greater proportion of lawyers in the population than artists, you think that the woman is more likely to be an artist because her appearance and choice of reading material match your perception of a typical artist.
The representativeness heuristic allows us to make quick and efficient decisions, but it can cause us to arrive at false conclusions and disregard relevant information.
Published on
July 2, 2024
by
Tom Challenger, BA
Revised on
September 20, 2024
Hindsight bias is our tendency to overestimate how predictable we thought an event was after it has happened. This can lead to overconfidence about our powers of judgment and cause us to make risky decisions or unfairly criticize the actions of others.
Hindsight bias exampleMartin is a soccer fan and goes to watch his favorite team play on the weekend.
The coach of the team has decided to include a young player in the starting lineup.
Martin discusses this decision with his friend before the match. They agree that it is a bit risky because the young player is inexperienced, but it is good that he will be replacing a player who did not play well in the last match.
Martin’s team loses the match. At work on Monday, he discusses the result with one of his colleagues. Martin says that he knew his team would lose because the young player was too inexperienced.
Hindsight bias has made Martin think that he was certain that his team would lose. But in truth, he did not predict this with confidence.
Hindsight bias is also known as the “knew-it-all-along phenomenon.” It can lead us to wrongly believe that an outcome, such as a sports score, election result, or medical error, was more certain than it actually was.
