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Gourmet or Gourmand

Both are pas­sion­ate about good food and drink. The dif­fer­ence is in the degree of pas­sion. A gourmet knows and appre­ci­ates the fine points of food and drink. A gour­mand is a glutton.

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Singular or plural?

Criteria, phe­nom­ena, data, and media Judy Vorfeld “Criteria” like “phe­nom­ena” is plural “Criterion” like “phe­nom­e­non” is sin­gu­lar “Data” and “media” are the same whether singular/plural. Some peo­ple may dis­pute this, but as we move fur­ther into the 21st cen­tury, the use is up to the writer.

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Afflict or Inflict?

Judy Vorfeld AFFLICT Sufferers are afflicted with/by disease/troubles. It means to bring great harm or suf­fer­ing to some­one, includ­ing many invis­i­ble afflic­tions such as migraine headaches, grief, depres­sion, insom­nia, and painful mem­o­ries. People are also afflicted with con­di­tions such as arthri­tis, blind­ness, measles, and can­cer. Generally, we […]

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Compelled or Impelled?

Judy Vorfeld COMPELLED: You’ve no choice. IMPELLED: To do some­thing even if you may not like doing it; it’s the right thing to do. (Example: when I was a kid, I some­times  took small change from one of the draw­ers in my par­ents’ dresser, went to the store on the corner, […]

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