I've been stringing words together since forever, but I just realized this today.
The word painstaking refers to "taking pains."
It's pains taking.
Not pain staking.
Doh.
And I was 20 years old when I discovered there was no such verb as to misle (MY zil), meaning to hoodwink or swindle.
As in the fast-talking salesman misled him.
I now pronounce that as mis- led.
With these admissions I am taking my own advice about building credibility and trust. I'm pointing out a minor shortcoming, so that when mention I can make your content the envy of the marcom world, it sounds more believable.
