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Heuristic: Tenets vs. tenants

Here’s a heuristic: when someone is describing (or, especially, dissing) some practice or methodology, don’t bother taking them seriously unless they know the difference between tenants and tenets. Examples abound.

6 replies to “Heuristic: Tenets vs. tenants”

  1. Yes… this could end up being a fun game… and a long one. Another one is “I want to take a different tact”, when they mean “tack”.

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  2. There is, of course, a big difference between a spelling mistake and using the wrong word.

    While I’m here, others that bug me are:
    flesh out vs. flush out
    moot vs. mute
    lead vs. led

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