Confusables Entry 423 / 1011 60-second read

Meat vs. Meet / Mete

Flesh versus to encounter versus to dole out.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Justice was meat out.

✓ Correct

Justice was meted out.

The ruleii

MEAT = flesh. MEET = encounter. METE = dole out.

MEAT (EA) is flesh. MEET (EE) is to encounter. METE (ET+E) is to distribute — used with OUT.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

JUSTICE is METED out (OUT is the clue)."

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