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Re:Amazon EC2-Classic Is Retiring by rpeden on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @08:37PM (#27991478)
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.
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Re:Amazon EC2-Classic Is Retiring by silicon2401 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:08PM (#27992038)
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
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Re:Amazon EC2-Classic Is Retiring by gautamdivgi on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:03AM (#27992938)
insure vs ensure is another one I've commonly seen. As in "please insure that <some task> is complete".
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Re:Amazon EC2-Classic Is Retiring by silicon2401 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @09:55AM (#27996572)
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.
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