I know I just did a grammar post last week, but this needs to be said. (It’ll be quick, I promise.)
Twice in the last 24 hours I heard someone say “reocurring.” The thing is, it’s not a word. It’s recurring. The root is recur, not occur. (Recur simply means to occur again, repeatedly, or periodically.)
So let’s say you keep getting these headaches. And they occur every time I post something about grammar. The next time that’ll happen—like, oh, I don’t know…next week maybe—your headache will recur. (It’s more elegant to say it that way rather than “occur again.”) That means you have a recurring headache.
Got it? Now go tell a friend or a loved one, and together we can put an end to this reocurring nonsense.
