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liable/libel LIABLE/LIBEL If you are likely to do something you are liable to do it; and if a debt can legitimately be charged to you, you are liable for it. A person who defames you with a false accusation libels you. There is no such word as “lible.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/liable.html03/09/2005 15:38:44 libary LIBARY LIBRARY The first R in “library” is often slurred or omitted in speech, and it sometimes drops out in writing as well; and “librarian” is often turned into “libarian.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/libary.html03/09/2005 15:38:44 light-year LIGHT-YEAR “Light-year” is always a measure of distance rather than of time; in fact it is the distance that light travels in a year. “Parsec” is also a measure of distance, equaling 3.26 light-years, though the term was used incorrectly as a measure of time by Han Solo in Star Wars. Please, Star Wars fans, don’t bother sending me elaborate explanations of why Solo’s speech makes sense; I personally heard George Lucas admit in a TV interview that it was just a mistake. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/lightyear.html03/09/2005 15:38:45 lighted LIGHTED/LIT Don’t fret over the difference between these two words; they’re interchangeable. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/light.html03/09/2005 15:38:45 like LIKE Since the 1950s, when it was especially associated with hipsters, “like” as a sort of meaningless verbal hiccup has been common in speech. The earliest uses had a sort of sense to them in which “like” introduced feelings or perceptions which were then specified: “When I learned my poem had been rejected I was, like, devastated.” However, “like” quickly migrated elsewhere in sentences: “I was like, just going down the road, when, like, I saw this cop, like, hiding behind the billboard.” This habit has spread throughout American society, affecting people of all ages. Those who have the irritating “like” habit are usually unaware of it, even if they use it once or twice in every sentence: but if your job involves much speaking with others, it’s a habit worth breaking. Recently young people have extended its uses by using “like” to introduce thoughts and speeches: “When he tells me his car broke down on the way to my party I’m like, ” I know you were with Cheryl because she told me so.” To be reacted to as a grown-up, avoid this pattern. (See also “ goes.” ) People List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/like.html03/09/2005 15:38:45 like/as if LIKE/AS IF “As if” is generally preferred in formal writing over “like” in sentences such as “the conductor looks as if he’s ready to begin the symphony.” But in colloquial speech, “like” prevails, and when recording expressions such as “he spends money like it’s going out of style” it would be artificial to substitute “as if.” And in expressions where the verb is implied rather than expressed, “like” is standard rather than “as": “she took to gymnastics like a duck to water.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/likeasif.html03/09/2005 15:38:45 like for LIKE FOR LIKE I would like you to remember that saying “I’d like for you to take out the garbage” is not formal English. The “for” is unnecessary. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/likefor.html03/09/2005 15:38:46 likker LIKKER LIQUOR Although it may be pronounced “likker,” you shouldn’t spell it that way, and it’s important to remember to include the “U” when writing the word. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/likker.html03/09/2005 15:38:46 listserv/list LISTSERV “LISTSERV” is the brand name of one kind of electronic mail-handling software for distributing messages to a list of subscribers. Other common brand names are “Majordomo” and “Listproc”. You can subscribe to the poodle-fluffing list, but not the LISTSERV. People at my university, where only Listproc is used, often (and erroneously) refer to themselves as managers of “listservs.” English teachers are frequently tripped up when typing “listserv” as part of a computer command; they naturally want to append an E on the end of the word. According to L-Soft, the manufacturer of LISTSERV, the name of their software should always be capitalized. See their Web site for the details. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/listserv.html03/09/2005 15:38:46 “lite” spelling "LITE” SPELLING Attempts to “reform” English spelling to render it more phonetic have mostly been doomed to failure —luckily for us. These proposed changes, if widely adopted, would make old books difficult to read and obscure etymological roots which are often a useful guide to meaning. A few, like “lite” for “light,” “nite” for “night,” and “thru” for “through” have attained a degree of popular acceptance, but none of these should be used in formal writing. “Catalog” has become an accepted substitute for “catalogue,” but I don’t like it and refuse to use it. “Analog” has triumphed in technical contexts, but humanists are still more likely to write “analogue.” List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/lite.html03/09/2005 15:38:46 [...]... “actually” or “really.” Don’t say of someone that he “literally blew up” unless he swallowed a stick of dynamite List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/literally.html03/09/2005 15:38: 47 . dynamite. List of errors file:///C|/Temp/livres/commonerrors/errors/literally.html03/09/2005 15:38: 47