It would qualify as an eggcorn if the meaning made sense, but I suspect this is the sort of slip I make all too easily when I'm typing and thinking fast. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of DD Farms Sent: 2009-02-08 20:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: conscience? At 05:28 PM 2/8/2009, Robert Yates wrote:. . . >I only want to address a challenge you make because it shows a >conscience dismissal of anything that disagrees with your own program. . . . DD I have noted this term, "Conscience," being used by several. I am confused. Is it a matter of conscience as ethically or religiously dictated? Some how I feel the thought is, "Conscious." Or is it, "conscientious?" Still I am not familiar with the latest professional cant. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/