Oh, For Crying out Loud, People!
Oct. 5th, 2010 03:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xczielThis is the fifth time in three days - and many, many fics (why yes, I am pdfing like mad, thank you very much) - and I can't keep it in anymore!
DISCRETE and DISCREET are not the same thing! But they are both real words, so spellcheck will not work on them!
Discrete means separate or removed from. (Four discrete piles of colored M&Ms)
Discreet (the word you mean to use) means restrained, cautious, or circumspect. (A discreet cough alerted them to his presence)
Please, please pay attention!
Also, BATED breath is breath that is being held back, often in anticipation.
BAITED (I see this so often and it's not even funny any more) breath is breath that stinks. Like bait. For catching fish. Worms and that kind of thing. Not romantic or sexy - at ALL.
People - spellcheck will not save you - please make sure your Betas have dictionaries, too. Please. From the heart please.
DISCRETE and DISCREET are not the same thing! But they are both real words, so spellcheck will not work on them!
Discrete means separate or removed from. (Four discrete piles of colored M&Ms)
Discreet (the word you mean to use) means restrained, cautious, or circumspect. (A discreet cough alerted them to his presence)
Please, please pay attention!
Also, BATED breath is breath that is being held back, often in anticipation.
BAITED (I see this so often and it's not even funny any more) breath is breath that stinks. Like bait. For catching fish. Worms and that kind of thing. Not romantic or sexy - at ALL.
People - spellcheck will not save you - please make sure your Betas have dictionaries, too. Please. From the heart please.
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Date: Mar. 17th, 2011 05:42 am (UTC)It also bears repeating, you bare your soul (or your backside) but bear a burden or a grudge :D :D
These could be traded indefinitely - it's like a secret handshake for word nerds.
*can you say shibboleth?* ;-)