🔎 Grill vs grille. Puss vs pus. Feint vs faint.
Had some cracking #proofreading spots this week in the post-apocalyptic novel I’m editing.
Word did not flag these. But they did not get past me!
I find these spots to be the most satisfying of all.
❌the car’s grill ➡ the car’s grille ✔
👩🍳 Grill without the ‘e’ is a cooking device.
🚘 The metalwork on the front of a car needs the ‘e’.
🤮Trigger warning if you’re eating…
❌ puss formed under the nail ➡ pus formed under the nail ✔
🐱 Puss is an informal word for a cat.
🤒 Pus is the fluid caused by infection.
❌ a feint rustle ➡ a faint rustle ✔
🥊 Feint is a noun. It’s a misleading action or movement.
🍂 Faint as an adjective was needed here, in the sense of subtle or weak.
Glad to help authors clean these slips from their manuscripts before publication.
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