Thursday, August 26, 2010

Tiny Irritation

Flusterated is not a word.  You can be flustered or frustrated, but please don't use a made-up word that combines them.  Also, frusterated is not a word either.

Along those same lines, you insure a house, boat, car, etc.  You do not insure timeliness.  You ensure timeliness.  You can't really insure psychological states either.  I wish I could sometimes, but, alas, not going to happen.   
 
An illusion is not the same as an allusion. 

'Apart' is very different than 'a part' - they are pretty much antonyms. 

I'm glad I'm not an English teacher and grading essays right now.  I think I would use a red pen with wild abandon.

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