Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 08:02     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:The liberal arts majors $110k in debt gotta make sure they do something with their useless degree, lol.


This liberal arts major earns $249,00 a year in a Big Four accounting firm doing stuff with words.

There is HUGE demand for people who can write well In corporate America.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 07:56     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Decimate means to reduce by 10%. You mean “obliterate” when you use that word to describe annihilation.

Nonplussed means disturbed and confused. It is not a synonym for not bothered.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 07:51     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
I know this is mostly in jest/ venting, but I actually find this thread quite helpful. I grew up in the rural south and got a crap education. I studied STEM at a public university and never had to take English at the college level. Even though I’ve thrived professionally and make very good money, my grammar and spelling remain below where I’d like to be. I rarely have imposter syndrome because I am very good at my job, but this is one area that gets me and still makes me feel insecure.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 07:41     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Also, prostate cancer not prostrate cancer.

Just read in an obituary that a man died of prostrate cancer.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 07:40     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
You have an exercise regimen, not a regiment and certainly not a regime.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 06:58     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please do advise/advice next.


Yes! “I need advice…” Drives me nuts!



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Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 06:36     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:Real estate listing are the worst. My pet peeve is “screen porch.” Shudder!


Failing to match subject and verb am not good two.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 06:22     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
This one has made it into the popular malapropism hall of fame, so folks might not stay with me here. But it's Foundering not FLoundering.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 06:12     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
The liberal arts majors $110k in debt gotta make sure they do something with their useless degree, lol.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 02:34     Subject: Re:PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Home in on something not hone in on.

Rein someone/thing in, not reign in.


These two I’m not quite sure👆


The. Second one is correct. The first is not.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 01:29     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:Please do advise/advice next.


Yes! “I need advice…” Drives me nuts!

Also good/well

“He ran good.” Nope!
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 00:41     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Where is the granddaddy of all word mix-ups on this thread, loose/lose? Everyone on the internet is trying to loose weight.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 00:17     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Real estate listing are the worst. My pet peeve is “screen porch.” Shudder!
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2023 00:11     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Anonymous wrote:The grammar on this forum is atrocious.


Who are you talking at?
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2023 23:55     Subject: PSA: The word is FAZE, not PHASE
Thank you!

Free rein vs. free rein

Also, “skiddish” instead of “skittish.” That’s not even a word. This is all over the lost dog posts on Facebook.