{"id":196,"date":"2013-03-29T22:33:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T04:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angrygames.com\/?p=196"},"modified":"2013-03-29T22:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T04:33:24","slug":"writers-confusion-2-gray-vs-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angrygames.com\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"Writer’s Confusion #2 – Gray vs. Grey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome all to Writer’s Confusion #2. Today we will talk about gray<\/strong> vs. grey<\/strong>. This isn’t really a super-important topic when it comes to writing, but I’ve been confused about it for a long time. The funny thing about this is that once I found the answer, I started asking\/talking to friends about it, and it has become quite a popular topic (yes, we are NERDS. WORD NERDS).<\/p>\n

So we want to talk about iron skies, or geriatric hair color. But is grey<\/strong> the correct word? Or is it gray<\/strong>? Is it important? Maybe…if you are a Grammar Fascist (or British).<\/p>\n

I would like to ask everyone…was I the only one that felt really weird about being unsure if I should use grey<\/strong> or gray<\/strong>? Every time I had to write ‘gray skies’ or ‘grey hair’ I waffled for about two minutes as to which one was the correct one…<\/p>\n

So, let’s do this!<\/p>\n

Writer’s Confusion #2 – Grey vs. Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right. So. Look here mate! Oi! This is the correct version of the dickey bird in the King’s pommy: GREY<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Yo. This here is the ‘Murken (American) way: GRAY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yep. It is just THAT simple. If you are British, or speak the King’s English proper, then grey<\/strong> is the way you will spell it probably 95% of the time.<\/p>\n

If you are an American, you will probably spell it gray<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now you can probably see why this is such a good topic of conversation around word nerds! The real and proper answer is that either version is perfectly fine. No one will troll you for using grey<\/strong> or gray<\/strong> instead of gray<\/strong> or grey<\/strong>. Well, someone will probably troll you at some point. That’s what the internet is about. In the meantime, since I’m an American, I have begun to use grey<\/em> since it is the British version, and there’s nothing I like more in life than annoying the hell out of my British friends!<\/p>\n

A couple of web references I used: Ref-1<\/a> Ref-2<\/a><\/p>\n

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PS: And remember kids – it’s vs. its<\/strong><\/p>\n

its = possessive<\/strong>. This blog is its own worst enemy.<\/p>\n

it’s = contraction of it is<\/em><\/strong>. It’s the worst blog on the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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