Confusables Entry 572 / 1011 60-second read

Throes vs. Throws

Spasms of struggle versus tossings.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

They were in the throws of a storm.

✓ Correct

They were in the throes of a storm.

The ruleii

THROES = struggle. THROWS = tossings.

THROES is always struggle — "in the throes of." THROWS is the verb or plural noun.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Agony = throEs."

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