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5 Words Often Mistakenly Used in Place of Others

By Mark Nichol

When writers, amateurs and professionals alike, employ words or phrases they have heard spoken but not seen written, they often mistakenly use a homophone or near homophone of the intended word. Each of the sentences below includes a word that is often used erroneously. A discussion and revision accompanies each example.

1. Given punk rock’s innate tendency to flaunt convention, the style fits the subject matter in its own roughshod sort of way.

Flaunt, a verb meaning “show off,” is frequently confused for flout, a verb meaning “show disregard for”: “Given punk rock’s innate tendency to flout convention, the style fits the subject matter in its own roughshod sort of way.”