View Single Post
Old 09-07-2022, 08:47 AM   #535
Deskisamess
Wizard
Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Deskisamess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Deskisamess's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,771
Karma: 45827761
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Ohio
Device: iPhone 13 Pro, iPad mini, iPad Pro 12.9",Paperwhite 6.8", Scribe 2022
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Robin View Post
The one that surprises me with its frequency is "discrete" for "discreet". "Loose" for "lose" is widely looked down, yet even authors (and their editors) who display far too much wordcraft to make that error, still fail to separate the other two.
One I've seen several times recently is "past" and "passed". Example:

How would she ever tell him all of the things from her passed?
Deskisamess is offline   Reply With Quote