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GRIEVIOUS GRIEVOUS There are just two syllables in “grievous,” and it’s pronounced “grieve-us.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/grevious.html03/09/2005 15:38:1

GREATFUL

GRATEFUL

Your appreciation may be great, but you express gratitude by being grateful

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GRIEVIOUS

GRIEVOUS

There are just two syllables in “grievous,” and it’s pronounced “grieve-us.”

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GRISLY/GRIZZLY

“Grisly” means “horrible”; a “grizzly” is a bear “The grizzly left behind the grisly remains of his victim.” “Grizzled,” means “having gray hairs,” not to be confused with “gristly,” full of gristle

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group (plural vs singular)

GROUP (PLURAL VS SINGULAR)

When the group is being considered as a whole, it can be treated as a single entity: “the group was ready to go on stage.” But when the individuality of its members is being emphasized, “group” is plural: “the group were in disagreement about where to go for dinner.”

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ground zero

GROUND ZERO

“Ground zero” refers to the point at the center of the impact of a nuclear bomb, so it is improper to talk about “building from ground zero” as if it were a place of new beginnings You can start from scratch, or begin at zero, but if you’re at ground zero, you’re at the end

The metaphorical extension of this term to the site of the destruction of the World Trade Center towers is, however, perfectly legitimate

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GROW

We used to grow our hair long or grow tomatoes in the yard, but now we are being urged to “grow the economy” or “grow your investments." Business and government speakers have extended this usage widely, but it irritates traditionalists Use “build,” “increase,” “expand,” “develop," or “cause to grow” instead in formal writing

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GYP/CHEAT

Gypsies complain that “gyp” (“cheat”) reflects bias; but the word is so well entrenched and its origin

so obscure to most users that there is little hope of eliminating it from standard use any time soon

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had ought

HAD OUGHT

OUGHT

Just say “she ought to come in before she drowns,” not “had ought.”

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HAIRBRAINED

HAREBRAINED

Although “hairbrained” is common, the original word “harebrained,” means “silly as a hare” (rabbit) and is preferred in writing

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HANGAR/HANGER

You park your plane in a hangar but hang up your slacks on a hanger

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HANGED/HUNG

Originally these words were pretty much interchangeable, but “hanged” eventually came to be used pretty exclusively to mean “executed by hanging.” Does nervousness about the existence of an indelicate adjectival form of the word prompt people to avoid the correct word in such sentences as

“Lady Wrothley saw to it that her ancestors’ portraits were properly hung"? Nevertheless, “hung” is correct except when capital punishment is being imposed

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