Sneak Peek

This is the second time I've seen peek misspelled.

Twice, I've gotten email messages giving me a "sneak peak" at something. I could be wrong, but when I went to school, a peak was the top of a mountain. There could be a Sneak Peak, but more common would be a name like Pike's Peak. So why are we tempted to use peak instead of peek?

Peek is a noun which means a brief look, or a furtive look.

Spell check and even Grammar check will not detect this error.

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Subconscious Mind

It happened again. The philologue is astonished. I just read another script written by a certified hypnosis consultant which uses the word "unconscious" instead of "subconscious." These words are not interchangeable, though you might think so. They have been confused for so long that the dictionary even includes unconscious now as a noun with the following definition: the psychic apparatus which will sometimes leak significant but suppressed information (i.e. a Freudian slip). Interesting that they would bring up Freud. This all his fault. He coined the expression "subconscious." Which means UNDER the conscious level.

Subconscious is a part of the mind, which is sometimes divided into Conscious and Subconscious. Unconscious is an adjective which means NOT conscious, unresponsive, like in a COMA!

And I know clients in trance are responsive. Sometimes appearing as if they are in slow motion, but still responding to the sound of my voice.

This is one of the philolog's pet peeves. Thank you for listening.

Your Invitation

I cannot keep quiet about this. I saw a sign today that said:

Your invited!

This abuse of grammar must stop! This sign was probably written by a student in high school, but I saw the same thing on a flyer which my son brought home from school, which I assume was typed by his teacher. She should know better. How can she teach grammar to my son if she doesn't know this should say,
You're invited,
which means you are invited. "Your" is a possessive pronoun. I don't own an "invited." I actually couldn't, as it is a verb, not a noun!!!!!

So please use the correct grammar on your invitations.

Thank you!