Catching the wave...
waving goodbye... waiving a fee...
Authors don’t seem to have much trouble with waving goodbye, or catching an ocean wave or talking about sound waves. But when it comes to the sound-alike word waive, there are lots of great examples of how to use it wrong.
Waive means to relinquish or give up. When we tell a cop that we don’t need a lawyer, we waive our right to legal counsel. When we say, “There’s no charge for that service,” we waive our fee. When a previous requirement is lifted, it’s waived.
Not waved.
Though The Snarky Editor admits to spending a few fun minutes wondering how people might actually swing around concepts like labor costs or legal rights. Maybe if they wrote “I’m not charging a fee” on a picket sign, they could wave, as well as waive?
I’ll even wave labor.
Nope — he will waive the charge for his labor.
Do you wave your rights to an attorney?
He’s giving up his rights, so he’s waiving them.
… the requirement of bieng on site getting waved.
Not the clearest of sentences, but the meaning is that previously someone working at that location also had to live there, and now they are free to live elsewhere because the requirement was waived.
… can you wave my fees this month?
Asking for a reduced charge means the fee would be waived.
No, I’ll wave my portion.”
And the customer will get a break when part of the charge is waived.
My voice waivers, heavy with fear and panic.
And just for a change of pace… Someone can waive their right to speak up, but when a voice quivers or fluctuates, it wavers — it rises and falls like an ocean wave.
The Snarky Editor comes out of hiding occasionally to comment on the awkward, silly, and sometimes hilarious editing errors found in published books.
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Leigh Michaels is the award-winning author of more than 100 books, including historical and contemporary romance, non-fiction books about writing, and local history. More than 35 million copies of her books are in print in 27 languages and more than 120 countries. She is also a writing coach and book editor, though she promises to be snarky only in regard to published books.
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