The words I confuse the most are because and since. I don’t know why, but when I talk, sometimes my words flow out of my mouth before I can grammatically correct myself. What I’ve done to make the right choice is consider the context of the conversation before adding on since or because to the sentence. The AP Stylebook has helped me correct my usage of the words. The book states that the word since is used when it signifies a period of time and the word because gives reason or cause. 

An editing mistake I found this week was posted on a bulletin in Blue Lemon. There was a small business card for a costume store in Salt Lake City that read “you’ll literally win every contest this Halloween if you shop here.” The post used literally in the wrong sense. It was used to support the exaggeration of winning every single contest. They actually meant this figuratively.