Showing posts with label various vs variant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label various vs variant. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Variant or various?

Boado, on page 452 of her book Notes and Cases on the Revised Penal Code, 2012 Edition, confuses variant with various:

Correct usage would be "Misdemeanour is a variant spelling of misdemeanor." See this entry in Freedictionary for more detailed discussion.