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Change If you want to set a good example for your employees—and who wouldn’t?—you need to stop flaunting the rules.
To If you want to set a good example for your employees—and who wouldn’t?—you need to stop flouting the rules.
Incorrect word choice (usage): Flaunt means to show off. Flout means to show contempt for. |
See Error Checklist for a compilation of 75 common writing errors.
For more exercises in identifying common errors,
take the
M.B.A. exam and
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Punctuation and Grammar Challenges.
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