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Five More Misused Words That Make You Look Like a Dummy

Posted By: techshaman 215 days ago
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Category: Blogging

Are you making these mistakes? Proper word usage will make your writing efforts powerful and effective and build credibility with your audience.

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from LocalHound 215 days ago #

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This is a good post... I know I've misused 4 out of the 5.

from bwelford 215 days ago #

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Good topic, but I fear this is a battle that can not be won. :(

from baiduyou 215 days ago #

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This whole concept of language 'mistakes' assumes that there was a time when the English language reached a pinnacle (handily around the time dictionaries first appeared) and that any deviation from the rules of grammar and spelling of this time is somehow undesirable.

Language is constantly evolving and there is nothing we can do to stop it - as the French are finding out with phrases like 'Le weekend'. Given the nature of language development, it's actually a little bizarre that we're still abiding by arbitrary decisions that people like Samuel Johnson, Robert Cawdrey and Noah Webster made hundreds of years ago.

After all, Shakespeare apparently couldn't decide how to spell his own name and still managed to make himself understood. Possibly the greatest ever wordsmith to grace the English language would today be mocked on Digg for his spelling mistakes.