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[May. 13th, 2009|05:43 pm] |
con⋅science /ˈkɒnʃəns/ [kon-shuhns]
–noun
1. the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
2. the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.
3. an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I'd eat another piece of pie but my conscience would bother me.
con⋅scious /ˈkɒnʃəs/ [kon-shuhs]
–adjective
1. aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2. fully aware of or sensitive to something (often fol. by of): conscious of one's own faults; He wasn't conscious of the gossip about his past.
3. having the mental faculties fully active: He was conscious during the operation.
4. known to oneself; felt: conscious guilt.
5. aware of what one is doing: a conscious liar.
6. aware of oneself; self-conscious.
7. deliberate; intentional: a conscious insult; a conscious effort.
8. acutely aware of or concerned about: money-conscious; a diet-conscious society.
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I see these get mixed up all the time in fanfic, which irritates me, but I bite my tongue. Today, however, i saw them mixed up on a Yahoo news article. Doesn't anyone understand English anymore?????
(I know no-one is reading this, but it makes me feel better to vent)
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i understand how annoying it is when people who should know better are acting just as dumb. don't they have editors?!?!
I'm beginning to think that modern editors don't know much either...the decline and fall of my beloved language is starting to depress me.
that means even i can be an editor! :D
Me, too :)
I don't think we could do a worse job, so the only way is up! | |
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