Comments on: Two-Minute Drill: Allude and Elude

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:36:55 +0000

Hah…yes, that’s a good one too.

By: Mazil

Mazil — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:35:07 +0000

Hm, I think maybe they were using “alludes me” as a saying they had heard but not completely understood. Similar to when people misuse idioms, eg. “for all intensive purposes”.

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:27:00 +0000

I don’t see it often either, but when I saw it twice in two days (could NOT remember the second example, and still can’t), I figured I’d try to stop an incipient epidemic before it spread.

You have NO idea how many times I flipped open my Web11 while writing this article! (I have a paid sub to merriam-webster.com, but I was rockin’ old-school yesterday.)

By: maerdred

maerdred — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:01:53 +0000

I have never seen anyone confuse these two words, but it doesn’t surprise me. I know I have some issues with how to spell some words but generally when there’s any question I pull up Dictionary.com, or just do a simple Google search using the word I think I may be misspelling.

As for proffreading, I don’t practice that practice very often.

(Except for now, and I left the typo in for humor’s sake and emphasis)

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:25:53 +0000

Why thank you, Nass!

I had to laugh at myself as I was reviewing the draft of this article, for all the typos I had. (My excuse is, our cats had been fighting all day yesterday, and both were drugged and very noisy all morning. It appears the crisis is over, but concentrating was…difficult.)

Any and all interwebz linkification is most heartily appreciated. <3

By: Nassira

Nassira — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:46:42 +0000

I am absolutely LOVING your Grammar posts. Way too many bloggers hit Publish without reading it over first, and a real writer knows that’s a no-no. I’m going to be linking your site all over the interwebz, my friend. <3