Catholic School Threatens to Expel Student Over Sticker

[MineralMan]

60. When I was younger, I sometimes misused or confused words.

Sometimes, people let me know that I had done so, and I was always grateful to them, since it helped me to avoid such mistakes.

As it happens, "tenant" and "tenet" are two of the words someone told me I was misusing once. It's a pretty common error, since they sound somewhat alike. Once informed of my error, I never used them incorrectly again. I'm just passing that helpful information along, since it was useful to me.

So, my reaction to someone telling me I'm misusing a word is to correct my usage in the future. I say thank you when someone corrects me. Petty? Perhaps, but writing and speaking correctly is far from petty. Writing is how I make my living, so it's important that I use words correctly. It also keeps me from looking like I'm not fully educated. That's important, too.