'Chaise lounge' and 'chomping at the bit'?
Grammar Underground
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
By traditional copy editor standards, they should be “chaise longue” and “champing at the bit.” Yet for decades, careless American writers have glossed over that last word and assumed it was the English word “lounge.” For years, every time I saw “chaise lounge” or “chomping at the bit” in an article I was editing, I changed it.
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