To: Sir Napsalot
“Deserts” Is proofreading dead?
6 posted on
09/11/2018 9:11:29 AM PDT by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: lastchance
“Deserts” Is proofreading dead?I think this is the plural of "desert," accent on the second syllable, meaning something one deserves, as well as its companion meaning, accent on the first syllable, of an area that gets very little precipitation. "Just desserts" would be the description of a restaurant that only sold cakes and pies, I think.
9 posted on
09/11/2018 9:16:40 AM PDT by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: lastchance
People depend too much on spell checkers instead of their own eyes.
10 posted on
09/11/2018 9:17:21 AM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: lastchance
“Just Deserts” is the correct usage, as in “Justly Deserved”.
To: lastchance
Respectfully, “desert”’ is correct. Look it up. It comes from the same root word as “deserve’”. Not like food as reward. :)
To: lastchance
Well, Democrats are moral and mental deserts.
21 posted on
09/11/2018 9:26:33 AM PDT by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: lastchance
“Deserts” Is proofreading dead?And the problem is?
deserts | diˈzərts |
plural noun
a person's worthiness or entitlement to reward or punishment: the penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts.
43 posted on
09/11/2018 11:30:40 AM PDT by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: lastchance
“Deserts” Is proofreading dead? In the MSM? It sure is. Deader than a flatcat.
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47 posted on
09/11/2018 11:56:29 AM PDT by
publius911
(Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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