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Yay, I managed to delete my double post. Small victories.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Oh my goodness, there are so many of these...
then/than - e.g. "You're smarter then me." -- Huh? No. 'Then' indicates succession in time. 'Than' indicates a comparative.
brake/break - e.g. "Let's take a brake." -- Unless the characters are stealing an automotive part, the word needed here is 'break'.
elicit/illicit - e.g. "She illicited such feelings from him." -- 'Illicit' is an adjective meaning 'illegal'. 'To Elicit' is the verb meaning to draw out a response.
principal/principle - e.g. "He held to his principals" -- As is, the character is clutching at his school principals (or his lead musicians... ). If he is remaining faithful to a moral code, then the word needed is 'principle'.
My rule of thumb? When in doubt, use a dictionary!"We still commit murder because of greed and spite and jealousy, and we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything we've done. [...] Its not enough to survive... One has to be worthy of survival."
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Peak - top of something pointed, mountain peak
Pique - to tweak someone's interest 'you've piqued my interest'
they're - they are
their - something owned by a group 'the cheerleaders put on their skirts'
there - a place 'over there'
we should make a list of all the soundalike words cause they are mightily misused
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And peek - to look quicklySum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by Skydiver View Postwe should make a list of all the soundalike words cause they are mightily misused
Its - possessive form of it
lets - third-person singular simple present form of the verb let eg. "Jack lets Sam do her job."
let's - contraction of 'let us'
Lead - noun; element with atomic number 82
led - simple past and past participle of the verb to lead
That's all I can think of at the moment.No Sam w/o a Jack and no Jack w/o a Sam.
It's like and immutable law of the multiverse.
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Arc--a curve. "The ship took off in a forty-five degree arc."
Ark--a vessel. "No one wanted KP duty on the ark, particularly not in the elephant holding pen."sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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I'm going to hope that Kitchen Patrol has no reason to be in the elephant holding pen to begin with. If that's where they're making dinner, I think I just lost my appetite!Sum, ergo scribo...
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(Just for the sake of reference: KP in the military)Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostI'm going to hope that Kitchen Patrol has no reason to be in the elephant holding pen to begin with. If that's where they're making dinner, I think I just lost my appetite!
Thank God! I'm human!sigpicSig by Bay, for my birthday. Find me on fanfiction.net, AO3, or fictionpress.com. If you are over 18, I invite you to read my blogs. On Blogger: Other Worlds, Other Loves On Wordpress: Other Worlds, Other Loves.Fennyman: "Who is that?" Henslowe: "Nobody. The author." (From Shakespeare in Love)
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Sum, ergo scribo...
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Okay, here's another:
phase: As a noun, a distinguishable part of a progression or cycle, as in a phase of the moon or a phase of someone's career. Also, a synchronous condition ("The cycles are out of phase.") As a verb, to introduce something in stages ("Let's phase in the new product line") or to adjust something so that it is in a synchronized condition.
faze: to disturb the composure of, as in "The commotion around him didn't faze the speaker, who simply carried on with his lecture."Sum, ergo scribo...
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