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itch ITCH/SCRATCH Strictly speaking, you scratch an itch. If you’re trying to get rid of a tingly feeling on your back scratch it, don’t itch it. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/itch.html03/09/2005 15:38:39 its/it’s ITS/IT’S The exception to the general rule that one should use an apostrophe to indicate possession is in possessive pronouns. Some of them are not a problem. “Mine” has no misleading “s” at the end to invite an apostrophe. And few people are tempted to write “hi’s,” though the equally erroneous “her’s” is fairly common, as are “our’s” and “their’s—all wrong, wrong, wrong. The problem with avoiding “it’s” as a possessive is that this spelling is perfectly correct as a contraction meaning “it is.” Just remember two points and you’ll never make this mistake again. (1) “it’s” always means “it is” or “it has” and nothing else. (2) Try changing the “its” in your sentence to “his” and if it doesn’t make sense, then go with “it’s.” See also apostrophes. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/its.html03/09/2005 15:38:39 jerry-built/jury-rigged JERRY-BUILT/JURY-RIGGED Although their etymologies are obscure and their meanings overlap, these are two distinct expressions. Something poorly built is “jerry-built.” Something rigged up temporarily in a makeshift manner with materials at hand, often in an ingenious manner, is “jury-rigged.” “Jerry-built” always has a negative connotation, whereas one can be impressed by the cleverness of a jury-rigged solution. Many people cross-pollinate these two expressions and mistakenly say “jerry-rigged” or “jury-built.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/jerry.html03/09/2005 15:38:40 Jew JEW/JEWISH “Jew” as an adjective (“Jew lawyer”) is an ethnic insult; the word is “Jewish.” But people who object to “Jew” as a noun are being oversensitive. Most Jews are proud to be called Jews. The expression “to Jew someone down"—an expression meaning “to bargain for a lower price”—reflects a grossly insulting stereotype and should be avoided in all contexts. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/jew.html03/09/2005 15:38:40 jewelry JEWELRY Often mispronounced “joolereee.” To remember the standard pronunciation, just say “jewel” and add “-ree” on the end. The British spelling is much fancier: “jewellery.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/jewelry.html03/09/2005 15:38:40 John Henry/John Hancock JOHN HENRY JOHN HANCOCK John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence so flamboyantly that his name became a synonym for “signature.” Don’t mix him up with John Henry, who was a steel-drivin’ man. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/johnhenry.html03/09/2005 15:38:40 judgement JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT In Great Britain and many of its former colonies, “judgement” is still the correct spelling; but ever since Noah Webster decreed the first E superfluous, Americans have omitted it. Many of Webster’s crotchets have faded away (each year fewer people use the spelling “theater,” for instance); but even the producers of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, chose the traditional American spelling. If you write “judgement” you should also write “colour” and “tyre.” Jeremy Smith’s American/British—British/American Dictionary List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/judgement.html03/09/2005 15:38:41 kick-start KICK-START JUMP-START You revive a dead battery by jolting it to life with a jumper cable: an extraordinary measure used in an emergency. So if you hope to stimulate a foundering economy, you want to jump-start it. Kick-starting is just the normal way of getting a motorcycle going. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/kickstart.html03/09/2005 15:38:41 koala bear KOALA BEAR KOALA A koala is not a bear. People who know their marsupials refer to them simply as “koalas.” Recent research, however, indicates that pandas are related to other bears. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/koala.html03/09/2005 15:38:41 laissez-faire LAISSEZ-FAIRE The mispronunciation “lazy-fare” is almost irresistible in English, but this is a French expression meaning “let it be” or, more precisely, “the economic doctrine of avoiding state regulation of the economy,” and it has retained its French pronunciation (though with an English R): “lessay fare.” It is most properly used as an adjective, as in “laissez-faire capitalism,” but is also commonly used as if it were a noun phrase: “the Republican party advocates laissez-faire.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/laissez.html03/09/2005 15:38:42 [...]... issue for our firm” when what you mean is “this is an important issue for our firm.” Size and intensity are not synonymous List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/large.html03/09/20 05 15: 38:42 . it, don’t itch it. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/itch.html03/09/20 05 15: 38:39 its/it’s ITS/IT’S The exception to the general rule that one should use an apostrophe. also apostrophes. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/its.html03/09/20 05 15: 38:39 jerry-built/jury-rigged JERRY-BUILT/JURY-RIGGED Although their etymologies are obscure. or “jury-built.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/jerry.html03/09/20 05 15: 38:40 Jew JEW/JEWISH “Jew” as an adjective (“Jew lawyer”) is an ethnic insult; the word is “Jewish.”