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Benjamin Dreyer
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abstruse in the sense of recondite author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • retired Random House copy chief • he/him/his substack.com/@benjamindreyer
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#copyediting Sixty times out of one hundred when you type breath you meant breathe. Ninety-seven times out of one hundred when you type parent's you meant parents'. Maybe ninety-eight.

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CMcaitesq.bsky.social

My rule like this is that effect is almost always a noun and affect is almost always a verb (except in certain professions, and you know if you’re in one).

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MDmegateer.bsky.social

Mmm hmm. Also, I am constantly correcting “loose” to “lose.”

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DBdlbowman76.com

I shall have to ask my parent's parents...but that would require a seance. I suppose I could ask the other parent's parents...no wait...another seance. Could someone fetch the ouija board and planchette please?

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Sspaghettibeaver.bsky.social

Just google discrete and discreet every time you might need to use it.

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Aamyrey3.bsky.social

Still annoyed that it's noun breath and verb breathe, but somehow adjective smooth gets verb smooth rather than smoothe. Also, the distinct vowel sounds and "th" sounds for breath and breathe seem wildly unnecessary for a sensible language.

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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.bsky.social
abstruse in the sense of recondite author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • retired Random House copy chief • he/him/his substack.com/@benjamindreyer
15.4k followers820 following24.9k posts