When a person receives their “just deserts”—or is it “just desserts”—they get what they deserve. But which one of those is correct?
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Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words
Confusing Words from Deprecation to Dyes
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• •Would you order desert or dessert after dinner? Do you device a plan or devise a plan? Is the grass wet with dew, do, or due in the morning? If you wish to change the color of a shirt, would you die it or dye it? deprecation, depreciation Deprecation is earnest disapproval. Miranda’s deprecation of the…