CORRECTIONS & EXPLANATIONS

Here are the corrections and explanations for last week's entries.

Monday

BRING/BRANG/BRUNG/BROUGHT

“Bring” is the present tense of the verb “to bring”.

“Brought” is the past tense of the verb “to bring”.

“Brang” and “brung” are not words and are not acceptable in place of brought.


Tuesday

CONSCIENCE, CONSCIOUS, CONSCIOUSNESS

Conscience” is one’s internal recognition of what is right and wrong or one’s faculty of moral quality. It is, for example, what creates a sense of guilt for a bad action.

“Conscious” means to be awake.

“Consciousness” means the inward sensibility of something or the knowledge of one’s own existence.


Wednesday

"A" AS IN "HAY"

The indefinite article, "a", is NOT pronounced "a" as in "hay" or "eh" as in "Canadian, eh!". It is pronounced "a" as in "bad".

The word "about" is not pronounced "Eh-bout".


WAKE UP

“Police had issued an alert asking for the public's help to find Margaret Holmes, 71, who had gone missing around 9:30 Tuesday.”

People do NOT “go missing”.

“Police had issued an alert asking for the public's help to find Margaret Holmes, 71, who had disappeared (vanished) around 9:30 Tuesday.”


Thursday

“ ‘Local firms and local employment will benefit dramatically,’ Duncan said. ‘Sandra (Pupatello) and I will ensure that happens. Obviously there will be a competitive process involved, but make no mistake there will be benefits to both local business - and more importantly people struggling for employment right now,’ ”

The term is “more important", not "more importantly", which is pompous and incorrect.

“ ‘Local firms and local employment will benefit dramatically,’ Duncan said. ‘Sandra (Pupatello) and I will ensure that happens. Obviously there will be a competitive process involved, but make no mistake there will be benefits to both local business - and more important, people struggling for employment right now,’ ”


TWO FOR ONE

“ ‘We try to get as many people working as we can and get as much money in the pockets of business locally. That's why we are anxious to proceed.’ ”

The context demands putting money “into” people’s pockets, not “in” pockets.
“Anxious” does not mean “eager”, which is what the context demands.

“ ‘We try to get as many people working as we can and get as much money into the pockets of business locally. That's why we are eager to proceed.’ ”


Friday

FOREGO/FORGO

“Forego” means to go before or to precede an event.

“Forgo” means to abstain from or to go without.


LAST WEEK’S WORDS

“Equanimity” (n.) means calmness, composure, self-control or poise.

“Consanguineous” (adj.) means related by birth or akin to.

“Judicious” (adj.) means cautious, thoughtful, astute or prudent.

“Fortuitous” adj.) means by chance, accidental, casual or unexpected.