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BLAST FROM THE PAST - What's the difference between faze and phase?

Aug 26, 2011 10:26

BLAST FROM THE PAST - What's the difference between faze and phase?

With examples from Stargate SG-1 (and a slight reference to Star Trek)

( Faze vs Phase )

author:traycer_, !blast from the past, word choice:correct use, errors:common errors, word choice:similar words

Comments 5

diebirchen August 26 2011, 19:29:41 UTC

I saw some howlers this week:

1. "fowl" for "foul" [In the past I saw for "poultry" for "paltry." Could be a chicken fancier.]

2. "infirmary" for "infirmity"

Not kidding!

traycer_ August 29 2011, 17:22:49 UTC

Hee! I'm not surprised. :) Then again, a good beta would have caught that before the fic ever hit the general public. :)

campylobacter August 27 2011, 19:27:42 UTC

> I'm sure English teachers around the world will shoot me down for this

They might, if you use "phase" as a verb to stun someone with a phaser.

traycer_ August 29 2011, 17:27:31 UTC

Well, I'll be sure not to do that when there's an English teacher around. :) The sad part is that I bet there are a lot of people out there who've used it that way.

sg_wonderland January 31 2015, 23:21:05 UTC

"He didn't phase me," the red-shirted man gasped as he lay dying.

"No," observed Spock. "That wound does not appear to have been inflicted by a phaser."