Excellent. My English Prof colleague gave the following example: "We flaunt our washboard abs" (to which I replied, well maybe some of us can do that).
As for flout, I just told him that I would start replacing that word with "ignore" which seemed to satisfy. In any case, in that report, I had flaunted when I should have been flouting. Johnb -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] ________________________________ From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:36:45 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Conversation: *** JUNK MAIL **** Re: [tips] word confusions Subject: *** JUNK MAIL **** Re: [tips] word confusions Many students flout the rules for correct word usage. But when their grades suffer because of it, they don't flaunt their poor grades. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Serafin, John <[email protected]> wrote: Flout vs. Flaunt. One of my English Dept colleagues caught me on this one in a committee report that I had drafted. I'll leave it to Tipsters to see if they can provide correct examples of the usage of these words before I give that English Prof's examples. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
