Mormons use the same terminology as Christians but deny the basic tenants of our faith.
Wrong term!
A ‘tenant’ is someone renting an apartment; a ‘tenet’ is a point of doctrine of a faith.
They both come from either the French ‘tenir’ and/or the Latin ‘tenere’, both of which mean ‘to hold’.
But they’re two very different words, with quite different meanings.
Let’s get our language right!
That is all; linguistic rant over.
Sanne
April 26, 2014 at 3:11 am
Tenants of faith sounds funny!:)
Will S.
April 26, 2014 at 5:25 am
I suppose we ‘live in’ our faith, just as we also ‘live out’ our faith, but… We don’t pay rent for free grace. 🙂
Really, whatever happened to English-speakers’ knowledge of English? Sheesh…
Matthew Walker
March 6, 2017 at 2:19 pm
Mrs. Malaprop died in vain, it seems.
Will S.
March 6, 2017 at 5:41 pm
I keep coming across this error, more and more. People are getting stupider.