Usage lesson

[oldpppants]

I see a lot of this so I'm saying something. If you are keeping your diapee use on the down-low you are being DISCREET, not "discrete," which means things that are kept separated. Just sayin'

 

[vp39]

True. But I see both "discrete" and "discreet" misused so often and by so many different people that I suspect the situation won't change.

 

[LaLoneDigi]

Well, damn... I feel my English teachers failed me. lol (Takes notes...)

 

[oldpppants]

True. But I see both "discrete" and "discreet" misused so often and by so many different people that I suspect the situation won't change.

I see even in newspapers that something was "reigned in" or someone got "free reign." Should be rein, like what you use to control a horse.

 

[Littlefantasy]

dis·creet
/dəˈskrēt/
adjective
careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense


dis·crete
/dəˈskrēt/
adjective
individually separate and distinct

 

[oldpppants]

I see a lot of people here, too, for whom the spell checker is not a friend.