Week 6

Oops... I was looking for my Week 6 post on here, but I never actually posted it. I had just saved it as a word document on my laptop and never posted it...(sorry). So here it is!

Words I confuse a lot are effect and affect. I know this is a common problem for a lot of people. When I'm reading it, I can completely understand the context of the word. I only have a problem when I have to use it myself.

What I do so I don't use the wrong words is I force myself to remember that affect is a verb while effect is a noun. An object is affected by something. The effects the object receives are damaging.

Also this week I learned that there are two different meanings (and spellings) for discreet/discrete. It blew my mind! I think I knew that there were two different meanings, but I didn't know they were spelt differently. Discreet means careful and considerate, while discrete means separate, for example "There are four discrete sounds from a llama." Or something like that...

My editing example this week was I read a newspaper announcement about a couple getting engaged. "This couple were excited to get engaged this week." Since couple is a singular noun, it should be "This couple WAS excited to get engaged this week." I can understand why they thought to use were because it's two people, but it's incorrect.