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OT - Sorry, but it bothers me

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Patty Bailey said:
Can I add to the list?
It's pissed, not pist
It's a moot point, not a mute point
Cite, site and sight all have three different meanings (LOL, once a 3am finishing up on a term paper I actually typed and submitted - "Works Sighted" instead of "Works Cited". My teacher had a field day with that one!)
Frustrated, not Flustrated
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I'm not sure these are mute points:D
 
Patty Bailey said:
Can I add to the list?
It's pissed, not pist
It's a moot point, not a mute point
Cite, site and sight all have three different meanings (LOL, once a 3am finishing up on a term paper I actually typed and submitted - "Works Sighted" instead of "Works Cited". My teacher had a field day with that one!)
Frustrated, not Flustrated
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Mute points are often moot. Good one. I have friends who get that wrong consistently.
 
Aluminny69 said:
Actually, this doesn't bother me ( I find it a bit humorous) , but it really is HEALTHY and not HEALTHLY. (Contrary to popular opinion.)
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That's too tuff for me to remember.;)
 
MilfordHusky said:
I thought Portmanteau was part of Natalie Portman's foot. :)
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That's OK. I thought it was one of her hats, like somethin' she'd where..er, were..er, wear.. in church:p
 
Kibitzer said:
My list of words falling into this category of misuse by typo is lengthy, but I have a few favorites to share.

It seems common for sportswriters to use reign instead of the correct rein. "Summitt turned the coaching reigns over to Warlick."​
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Peak instead of peek. Judgement instead of judgment (just one "e"). Supercede instead of supersede. (No "c." Honest.)​
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Confusion about affect/effect. This troubled me for years until I learned the simple rule: Affect is a verb, effect is a noun; the exception is that effect becomes a verb only when vigorous action is applied.​
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Lots of smart people struggle with it's and its. First, you should amputate its' painlessly from your usage practice; it's an impossible construct. Next, use it's when you want to say it is. Use its to indicate possession. "It's a pain to remember the grammar rule and its proper application."​

Enough for today. Permit a reminiscence. I once assisted an academic friend with a humungous treatise about the relationship, if any, between pornography and rape. Throughout, he had used casual when causal was called for. He remains grateful for my little bail-out job.
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Sorry about affect & effect Kib. Both words can be noun or verb, no vigorous action required.

The effect of the word on the conversation was unanticipated.
The word effected an unanticipated change on the conversation.

My pedantry affects all my relationships negatively.
The affect of my pedantry is a souring of relationship.

And, for the OP, both phase and faze can mean "to disrupt composure".
 
Patty Bailey said:
Can I add to the list?
It's pissed, not pist
It's a moot point, not a mute point
Cite, site and sight all have three different meanings (LOL, once a 3am finishing up on a term paper I actually typed and submitted - "Works Sighted" instead of "Works Cited". My teacher had a field day with that one!)
Frustrated, not Flustrated
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Well, I think flustrated should be a word...perfect for many situations
 
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JRRRJ said:
And, for the OP, both phase and faze can mean "to disrupt composure".
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I can't find this meaning of phase anywhere. Can you help me out?
 
Wally East said:
I can't find this meaning of phase anywhere. Can you help me out?
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I had verified my understanding in Merriam-Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary (1971) under the listing for faze, which referenced "also phase". With your question, I double-checked by looking at the entry for phase. Sense 4 says "variant of faze".

I see that none of the online dictionaries I've checked so far have that sense in their definitions, so I can't give you a link. Perhaps it's fallen out of use in the last 40 years. (But my usage stretches back much further than that. ;^)
 
CCinCT said:
It's ROLE model or player not ROLL

It's FAZE not PHASE

It's THREAD not TREAD

TYPO's are excused (especially without a keyboard) - sometimes they are very comical !

PS - My posts are not perfect either, but these are pet peeves and I had to vent.

And this applies from everyone from Presidents to newscasters, more of a pronunciation issue - it's nuclear that's new-kleer not new-q-ler
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phase
 
JRRRJ said:
Sorry about affect & effect Kib. Both words can be noun or verb, no vigorous action required.

The effect of the word on the conversation was unanticipated.
The word effected an unanticipated change on the conversation.

My pedantry affects all my relationships negatively.
The affect of my pedantry is a souring of relationship.

And, for the OP, both phase and faze can mean "to disrupt composure".
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Dictionaries disagree and so do we. I contend that affect is a t.vb. that means "influence" and effect is a noun meaning "result." A second use for effect is as a t.vb. meaning "bring about."

I will not harass you (one "r") because I don't want to embarrass you (two "r's"). But I stand my ground, backed by my favorite dictionary, American Heritage.

P.S. We all like it when recruits commit. Once they have made that commitment, they are committed.
 
Kibitzer said:
Dictionaries disagree and so do we. I contend that affect is a t.vb. that means "influence" and effect is a noun meaning "result." A second use for effect is as a t.vb. meaning "bring about."

I will not harass you (one "r") because I don't want to embarrass you (two "r's"). But I stand my ground, backed by my favorite dictionary, American Heritage.

P.S. We all like it when recruits commit. Once they have made that commitment, they are committed.
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That's like eggs and ham - The chicken is involved - the pig is committed.
 
Kibitzer said:
Dictionaries disagree and so do we. I contend that affect is a t.vb. that means "influence" and effect is a noun meaning "result." A second use for effect is as a t.vb. meaning "bring about."

I will not harass you (one "r") because I don't want to embarrass you (two "r's"). But I stand my ground, backed by my favorite dictionary, American Heritage.

P.S. We all like it when recruits commit. Once they have made that commitment, they are committed.
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The harassment would be ineffective in any case :p <-- Not pink with embarrassment!

From "The American Heritage Dictionary", as shown in the Free Dictionary (slightly edited so the forum software will allow me to post it):
·fect
tr.v. ·fect·ed, ·fect·ing, ·fects
1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.
2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
3. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
n.
1. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer).
2. Obsolete A disposition, feeling, or tendency.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
 
Kibitzer said:
Dictionaries disagree and so do we. I contend that affect is a t.vb. that means "influence" and effect is a noun meaning "result." A second use for effect is as a t.vb. meaning "bring about."

I will not harass you (one "r") because I don't want to embarrass you (two "r's"). But I stand my ground, backed by my favorite dictionary, American Heritage.

P.S. We all like it when recruits commit. Once they have made that commitment, they are committed.
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Many of us on this board ought to be committed. "They're coming to take us away, haha! hoho! heehee!"
 
thea has got be sumthin betta to do then worry abowt gramma. I dont hav a problum cuz I'm well edyoucated.
 
Walt Kelly had it right. In one frame he had Pogo (or was it Albert)
reading a book entitled "New Clear Physics".
 
It's athlete, not athalete.
It's realtor, not realator.
It's an astigmatism, not a stigmatism.
Dogs are spayed, not spaded.
For some reason, "take and" has found a place in the lexicon, as in "I'm going to take and do the laundry". Argh!
 
HuskyNan said:
It's athlete, not athalete.
It's realtor, not realator.
It's an astigmatism, not a stigmatism.
Dogs are spayed, not spaded.
For some reason, "take and" has found a place in the lexicon, as in "I'm going to take and do the laundry". Argh!
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That last one sounds Southern/country: I'm fixing to go to the store.
 
JRRRJ said:
Sorry about affect & effect Kib. Both words can be noun or verb, no vigorous action required.

The effect of the word on the conversation was unanticipated.
The word effected an unanticipated change on the conversation.

My pedantry affects all my relationships negatively.
The affect of my pedantry is a souring of relationship.

And, for the OP, both phase and faze can mean "to disrupt composure".
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That's too bad about your relationships, but here you're among like souls. You're even a popular poster. :)
 
HuskyNan said:
Southern Connecticut? :D I hear it quite a bit.
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I grew up in Southern Connecticut and don't remember it, but that was 40 years ago.

It sounds like an unnecessarily wordy, semi-literate construction.

And is now some verb form? Let me think about that.
 
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