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Subject:Re: Words That Are Often Misused From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:"B.J. Smith" <bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu> Date:Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:17 -0700
If you find it interesting, I feel sorry for you. ;-)
It's ironic that I'm supposed to be a professional writer and I still
can't tell the difference in most cases. Maybe after I keep talking
about it it will sink in.
I've confused poisonous with venomous. And my guilt is composed of
misusing comprise.
I'll have to watch the Castle series again, to find the episodes where
Nathan Fillion corrects other peoples' grammar.
And Princess Bride FTW!
-Tony
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:02 AM, B.J. Smith <bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu> wrote:
> Ironic or just interesting? :-)
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> On 5/25/2012 11:58 AM, Tony Chung wrote:
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>> It's ironic that I still confuse irony with coincidence or happenstance.
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>> -T
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