Month: September 2015

‘Phase’ or ‘Faze’: SI Doesn’t Know the Difference

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Rather than giving me free flights, American Airlines subscribed me to a slew of magazines, including Sports Illustrated, where today I came upon this sentence referring to Miami Heat player Chris Bosh:

“Bosh will have to take on a new role in Miami, but such matters no longer phase the 10-time All-Star.”

Poor writing, worse copy-editing and nonexistent proofreading.

Here’s the definition of phase from dictionary.com: “to schedule or order so as to be available when or as needed.”

And here’s the definition of faze: “to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt.”

In my elderly phase of life, I was fazed by such sloppy English.

Categories: Grammar Notes