You know how everyone seems to have that one word (or 50) that they never learned correctly? I just found one of mine today.
Remunerate (verb): To pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
My whole life I have read and pronounced that word as "reNUMerate" and it is, in fact, "reMUNerate." In my proofreading, I tried to correct what I perceived as a misspelling in the Book of Mormon Index, only to find out that it was right and I was wrong (an off-putting situation, considering how many errors that stupid index has...)
I've just been schooled by the Book of Mormon Index.
3 comments:
Oh my gosh. I have been reading wrong the same way MY whole life too.
This is horrifying.
Tee hee hee . . . that was an amusing moment. ;D
:D Why does this make me so evilly gleeful?
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