The correct option is of course the bottom option. It makes much more sense. And you’re an idiot if you get it wrong.
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Eutychus was a young man who fell to his death because the Apostle Paul preached for too long (Acts 20). I've decided to canonise Eutychus and make him the patron saint of my dalliances around the Internet.
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The correct option is of course the bottom option
unless you’re discussing use of college resources during summer school…
Perhaps you can shed some decisive light on the ‘founder / flounder’ usage. I think that when one falters, they are foundering, what say you?
I’m sure there’s a camping dolphin joke in there somewhere…
Awesome website — I dare say I will learn a thing or two from that. Bookmarked it.
I have a friend who used to say “I beg the differ”. How embarassing.
Is there an intentional link between this website and your first sentence of the previous post? (The man of your dreams)
[…] Guthers points out, in his comment on this post, the site that particular little clarification came from is incredibly […]
The free dictionary seems to support you:
Usage Note: The verbs founder and flounder are often confused. Founder comes from a Latin word meaning “bottom” (as in foundation) and originally referred to knocking enemies down; it is now also used to mean “to fail utterly, collapse.” Flounder means “to move clumsily, thrash about,” and hence “to proceed in confusion.” If John is foundering in Chemistry 1, he had better drop the course; if he is floundering, he may yet pull through.
They do note on the flounder page it could be a derivative of founder (though the current meaning does sound like what the fish does when you get it on land).