656 - ‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? 'Kneeled' or 'Knelt.' ’Methinks.’

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This week, I have a Quick and Dirty Tip about the difference between the words “relapse” and “recur,” another Quick and Dirty Tip about the difference between “kneeled” and “knelt,” and a meaty middle about the word “methinks.” Methinks you’ll like it! FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/grammargirl Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopiPad For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPop GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:04.8	Grammar girl here, I'm a neon foggity.
0:07.0	This week, I have a quick and dirty tip about the difference between the words relapse
0:11.6	and recur.
0:13.0	Another quick and dirty tip about the difference between kneeled and knelt, and a
0:17.2	meaty middle about the word, me thinks.
0:20.3	Me thinks you like it.
0:22.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:23.9	Nobody wants a disease to recur, and nobody who has had a disease wants a relapse.
0:29.3	Both cases are usually bad, but let's think about how these two words differ.
0:34.8	People relapse and diseases recur.
0:38.8	Recurr comes from Latin that means to run back again.
0:42.2	So when something recurs, it happens again.
0:45.1	A disease recurs.
0:47.5	David worried that his cancer would recur.
0:50.7	Leela is recurring back injuries make it hard for her to work.
0:55.3	Reelapse also comes from Latin, this time a word that means to slip or slide back.
1:00.8	When you relapse, you slip back to a previous state.
1:04.6	A person relapses.
1:07.4	Sarah's family did all they could to keep her from having a relapse.
1:11.3	Horatio's doctor attributed his asthma relapse to air pollution.
1:16.2	Also, relapse can be both a noun and a verb, but recurr is only a verb.
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