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aadlerThis was another day wherein necessary tasks kept me in town for most of it, which meant less time to devote to the things I want to be sure to maintain. Still, it wasn’t entirely wasted.
Fic writing, done (less than yesterday, but I still finished another page, which is the minimum I set myself). Workout, done: I acquired a second ankle cuff for use with my Bowflex, so I don’t have to switch one to the opposite leg, and then back again, when I want to alternate legs for some of the exercises; meanwhile, it appears that my running may be about to peak, so that I have to work at building up some more stamina rather than continuing to increase the distance every day. (Don’t ask me to name the distance; it’s small enough to depress me.)
I need to do more. For far too long, I could get through days at a time (expanding into weeks, and then expanding further) when I accomplished precisely nothing, nor really tried to do otherwise. Now I’m becoming increasingly restless, I want do do things. Just not doing them yet.
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Grammar/language peeve of the day:
forego/forgo
Okay, this one isn’t technically an error, since dictionaries cite them as variant spellings with the same meaning. But it doesn’t feel right. ‘Forego’ has meaning to me, while ‘forgo’ always looks like a misspelling. I suspect that it once was, but enough people did it often enough that it became accepted usage.
I mean, think about it: ‘forebear’ is a noun, denoting a person from whom one is descended, while ‘forbear’ is a verb, meaning 1) to refrain from, resist, 2) to desist from, cease, 3) to hold back, refrain, or 4) to be tolerant or patient in the face of provocation. The two words, while looking vaguely similar, are pronounced differently and have different meanings. Why should ‘forgo’ — which isn’t really even a word — get a pass just because too many folks were too ignorant to put in the ‘e’?
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Date: 2013-01-06 06:04 am (UTC)Gabrielle