Blogging grammar questions & pet peeves - Page 2

Julie Rains · 03-22-2008, 05:06 PM

A frequent personal finance error is using principle (generally accepted rule) rather than principal (loan amount); hope I haven't done that -- am I the only one who has noticed?

rstlne · 03-23-2008, 11:55 PM

I was recently reminded that the correct term is "Daylight Saving Time", not "Daylight Savings Time".

Also, many people use the word "phase" when they mean "faze". The problem is "faze" doesn't look like a real word so the natural tendency is to fancy up the spelling to "phase".

"Faze" means "to disrupt the composure of".

03-22-2008, 05:06 PM	#11
Julie Rains Wise Bread Blogger Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 226 Reputation: (66)	A frequent personal finance error is using principle (generally accepted rule) rather than principal (loan amount); hope I haven't done that -- am I the only one who has noticed? __________________ Wise Bread and Parenting Squad blogger

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03-23-2008, 11:55 PM	#12
rstlne Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 361 Reputation: (115)	I was recently reminded that the correct term is "Daylight Saving Time", not "Daylight Savings Time". Also, many people use the word "phase" when they mean "faze". The problem is "faze" doesn't look like a real word so the natural tendency is to fancy up the spelling to "phase". "Faze" means "to disrupt the composure of".