Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. There's more to it than “the principal is your pal.” Young AH SONG from South Korea grammar oh, and I forgot to thank you! I really like your shows. Again, thanks~!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=20967#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=20967#Comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:03:15 GMT Young Ah Song from Korea grammar "I don’t want to read the dictionary to you, so feel free to look up all the meanings." You wrote this yourself, and didn't you say in your previous or well, I don't exactly remember, but you wrote that things (phrases) such as feel free to do something is grammatically incorrect. I think you wrote that no-one waits for permission to do stuff like that, but somehow you forgot what you wrote!! I'm not picking on you or anything, Grammar Girl, and I truly think that you are wonderful and I talk to all my friends about you! So good luck~!! ^_^ http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=20966#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=20966#Comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:01:12 GMT Ashley grammar Thanks for this. It's one of the most hotly debated grammar questions. My problem is that it has been drilled into me by English teachers, editors and writers that "principal" refers only to heads of schools and "principle" refers to owners of businesses. Not logical, but a widely held belief. Either way I write it, someone thinks I'm wrong. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=19545#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=19545#Comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:56:38 GMT Ben grammar Hmmm....I'm still a little confused. I have trouble deciding whether it is "principle considerations" or "principal considerations". The latter seems right IF it is an adjective, but then it would mean there can be only ONE consideration that is the most important. The former would be more correct if I am trying to convey that the considerations listed thereafter are meant to be the fundamental guides for the subject, but here principle is a noun, not an adjective. Googling both turned up substantial documents using both forms. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=17711#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=17711#Comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:16:37 GMT John grammar Thanks! This answered my question. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but... this tip was not "quick and dirty." It was "frickin' wordy." :-) Just honest feedback. You could probably get rid of 80% of this entry and still get the point across. Again, thanks for the help! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=17655#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx?commentid=17655#Comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:50 GMT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:03:15 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/principal-versus-principle.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us