Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Grammar Police on Patrol - Vocabulary Division

In my business, I often search the internet looking for details on properties I am working on - such as year built, type of construction, number of stories, roof shape, etc. During these searches I often find myself on realtor websites who are selling units in these properties.

This one particular realtor repeatedly comes up with the closing paragraph "For discrete and professional service call me to ......" . Ouch ouch ouch.

Now, I know DISCRETE is a real word, but I don't for one second believe this realtor intended to use it instead of DISCREET.

I don't even want to wonder why someone shopping for a property needs a "discreet" realtor.

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