Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Grammar Girl: SCARRED vs SCARED

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TwiCharmed brought up the problem where authors confuse scarred and scared.

Who knew one little, itty, bitty, tiny 'r' could be such a problem-maker?

Well, let's clear it up:


Scarred is how one would describe Mr. Hotstuff himself, Jasper Whitlock! Because he has...scars:


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Bella is scarred by James in the ballet studio:


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Scared is how one would describe another vampire in Jasper's scarred presence *wink* OR Laurent when he is confronted by the wolves:


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