What does the idiomatic phrase err on the side of mean? Erring on the side of early means you'll give yourself more time than usual for the journey tomorrow You're driving in a foreign country for the first time You forget what the speed limit on this road is Ideally you want to drive at the limit, but if you can't because you don't remember what it is, which side would you rather err on?
Is errored correct usage? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange So it's not erring, but it is erroring – the person who erred could be the user (e g trying to open an unsupported file) However, a program does err if it is doing completely the wrong thing under the right circumstances
Does to err on the side of . . . indicate wrongdoing? This is no longer a bad answer, but it's still incorrect, because it doesn't deal with erring at all To err on the side of safety* in this situation would be not to market either drug: people will still suffer because of your decision, but you choose the course that keeps people safe (but uncured) rather than the one that cures them (at risk
Pronunciation of err - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Who could give me good advice when he discovered I was erring (Which is just the very favour which on you I am conferring), Webster's 1892 Dictionary agrees: err has the vowel of her However, nowadays, in the U S Northeast at least, I usually hear it pronounced "heir" Both pronunciations should be considered correct
grammaticality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange This exceeding trifling witling, considering ranting criticizing concerning adopting fitting wording being exhibiting transcending learning, was displaying, notwithstanding ridiculing, surpassing boasting swelling reasoning, respecting correcting erring writing, and touching detecting deceiving arguing during debating Is this really the case?
How do I properly hyphenate well thought out? Whether preceding or following a noun, the phrase is open per Chicago MOS 7 85, "When the adverb rather than the compound as a whole is modified by another adverb, the entire expression is open " Chicago's example: "a very much needed addition " Therefore, in both constructions, "His plan was well thought out" and "It was a well thought out plan" the phrase would remain open