A reader has questioned my use of trouper in the previous blog, suggesting I might have meant trooper when I complimented my tiny dog for going out in the snow.
Willing to consider the (remote) possibility that I could be wrong, I dutifully looked up both words. All definitions of trooper relate to military-type troops while trouper refers to an actor in a troupe (think Vaudeville) and, by extension, therefore, is said of someone who is dedicated to the proposition that the show must go on.
I will head off the only possible source of homophonic confusion that I see in this blog by stating that I do mean compliment (say something nice) and not complement (full quantity).
I also know the difference between effect and affect, but I don't think I will ever straighten out lie, lay, laid and lain. Lost cause. I'll never get it. So, I will avoid those altogether and use set when I mean lie, lay, laid or lain and repose supine or repose prone when I am too tired to think about it anymore.
Do Reese's pieces have any affect on the peeing habits of your tiny dog ... OR do you lie in wait with other treats?
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