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FYI, "depreciate" != "deprecate" — I also used to think it was the former once upon a time :)

• jonplackett 5y ago
  Glad there’s someone else pedantic here so I don’t have to do it…
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• mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
  One aspect of this mix-up that I enjoy is the fact that deprecating something causes its value to depreciate, by quite a lot!
  • notatoad 5y ago
    not only can deprecate cause depreciation, it can be a synonym for depreciate (in the financial meaning). but depreciate can't be a synonym for deprecate (in the end-of-life meaning). just one of those fun things that gets thrown in to make sure nobody ever fully understands the english language.
    • carlhjerpe 5y ago
      As a Swede reading OT comments on HN I can ensure you that deprecate and depreciate are not words I would mix up unless autocorrect gets me. They look similar after all. Ordnance and ordinance I don't even know the difference between though.
• rpeden 5y ago
  My favorite similar mixup is ordinance vs ordnance. Though I suppose they're not mutually exclusive. I'm sure that printed copies of some bylaws are hefty enough to cause serious damage if you lob them at the enemy.
  • silicon2401 5y ago
    This was hilarious when I saw local businesses put up signs requiring masks due to local "ordnance". I had to wonder what kind of masks they expected us to have
    • gautamdivgi 5y ago
      insure vs ensure is another one I've commonly seen. As in "please insure that <some task> is complete".
      • silicon2401 5y ago
        Interestingly, I think this was correct or at least colloquially correct a few centuries ago. I've seen that spelling used in text from the 1700s and 1800s by educated people. Probably a holdover from before spelling got really standardized.