[stylist] confusing similar words

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Here's one for you (or two, actually)

g a u n t l e t --means glove
g a n t l e t--something people had to run, getting punishment all along 
the way, now also used to show a list of different thing as, It ran the 
gantlet from A to Z.
People get these words mixed up all the time, even in published books.

Also, enormity: e n o r m i t y--originally meant something of such 
enormous evil that it could hardly be thought of.   Now it means something hugely 
large, and isn't always used to indicate evil.
Lori