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My is it ever slushy out on the slopes. The warm weather we've been getting lately has wrecked havoc on the snow and all of the slopes were slow and slushy. Perfect for me! *practices more short rads*
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 12:27:33 (UTC)
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 08:27:33 EDT
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity."
Frank Leahy (From The Quotations Page.)
Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 18:22:13 (UTC)
wreaked
mister spelling man
Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 22:56:59 (UTC)
Also wrecked. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?wrecked
(I prefer "wreak")
FlyingS
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 09:09:38 (UTC)
wrecked is a word, but in the context of "wrecked havoc on..." it should be wreaked. Alternatively, you could say the hill was wrecked by the storm. Check the usage note off the link on my name.
MJO
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 11:57:52 (UTC)
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=wreaked&db=*
mister spelling man
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 11:58:01 (UTC)
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=wreaked&db=*
mister spelling man
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 11:59:10 (UTC)
oops! Sorry about that. Clearly, more caffeine is needed.
mister spelling man
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 15:29:57 (UTC)
*sigh*, we're talking about English here. Spelling is a recent invention.
Point is, "wrecked" isn't wrong. Not by the usual measures of wrongness, anyway. Because people use it. There's at least one recpected authority that says it's right (see link above). And it won't be the first word to have multiple meanings.
FlyingS
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 23:17:58 (UTC)
People use "lite" and "nite" too, but I have no plans to like it. I'll just note that I'm siding with most of the dictionaries I've managed to check on-line, and ride off into the sunset...
old fogey