Sunday, March 18, 2012

self-steam/self-esteem: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Sunday, March 18, 2012

self-steam/self-esteem
If you bask in the sauna, you may self-steam. But the expression labeling people’s opinions of their own worth is “self-esteem.”

“Self-esteem” is also sometimes misspelled “self of steam.”

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