Poring vs. Pouring Whats the Difference - The Writers For Hire

â€Å"PORING† VS. â€Å"POURING†: WHATS THE DIFFERENCE? This question came up during a round of in-house editing this week, so – of course –I wanted to share: Complete this sentence:   I spent hours   _______ over the pages of the magazine. A.)  Ã‚   poring B.)  Ã‚   pouring The correct answer is A, â€Å"poring.† â€Å"Pore† means to study or read something with great care.   You’d pore over a textbook or a website; you could even pore over the details of an especially interesting dream you had the night before. â€Å"Pour† on the other hand, is something you do with a liquid.   It’s the word for what you do with, say, a bottle of water or a pot of coffee. So, you might say:   â€Å"I poured myself another cup of coffee and pored through the newspaper’s horoscope section, hoping for good news and lucky lotto numbers.† Well, you might not say that, exactly.   But you get the idea. Have any other frequently confused words?   Let us know!