Metaphors can add impact to your writing, but be careful you don’t accidentally create a sentence that shows you don’t know how to use metaphors properly. In other words, don’t mix your metaphors.

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes You could have a bowl baccated with berries or a bachated plate adorned with pearls. If you have the first, you might have been berry picking. If a plate is adorned with pearls, you could have a wealthy distant relative, and it might be time to research the ancestry tree.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you steal a herd of cattle, you have committed abaction.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nudiustertian refers to the day before yesterday.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Tittynope is one of those words that sound naughty but aren’t.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you play Scrabble, xertz is a word to put in your vocabulary
Metaphors can add impact to your writing, but be careful you don’t accidentally create a sentence that shows you don’t know how to use metaphors properly. In other words, don’t mix your metaphors.