A fellow copy editor asked to borrow my Chicago Manual of Style (13th Ed.) book the other day to do a little research and when he returned it to me, made a remark at how I tabbed some sections that he thought were "silly." Three-year-old silly pink Post-its and silly sections include reminders on:
perform v. preform
"Perform" suggests completing an action. "Preform" means "to do beforehand."
gray v. grey
"Gray" refers to the American English spelling of the English word "grey". They mean exactly the same thing.
blond v. blonde
"Blond" refers to color, whether it is of hair, wood, or whatever. "Blonde," refers only to a woman or a girl with blond hair. A man with blond hair is a blond (without the "e").
e.g. v. i.e.
Roughly translated, "e.g." means "for example" and "i.e." means "in other words."
I'll never mess those up. More to come!
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