Why do people have such trouble with this distinction? One flouts the law. One does not flaunt it. Correct: 'She flaunted her naked breats thereby flouting the law.' Incorrect: 'She flouted her naked breasts thereby flaunting the law.'
Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains
Why do people have such trouble with this distinction? One flouts the law. One does not flaunt it. Correct: 'She flaunted her naked breats thereby flouting the law.' Incorrect: 'She flouted her naked breasts thereby flaunting the law.'