Make Your Editor Cry: Agreeance vs. Agreement
In this article I will attempt to clarify the sometimes confusing difference between the words agreeance and agreement.
Agreeance is not a thing–or a word.
When you agree with someone, you are in agreement.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Examples:
Incorrect:
It seems we are all in agreeance.
They reached an agreeance about the plan.
The jury members have come to an agreeance about the verdict.
Her head nodded in agreeance.
Correct:
It seems we are all in agreement.
They reached an agreement about the plan.
The jury members have come to an agreement about the verdict.
Her head nodded in agreement.
Gregg Bridgeman is the Editor-in-Chief at Olivia Kimbrell Press. He is husband to best-selling Christian author Hallee Bridgeman and parent to three. He continues to proudly serve in the US Armed Forces and has done so in either an active or reserve capacity for more than twenty years as an airborne and air assault qualified paratrooper, earning a Bronze Star for his service. Most importantly, he was ordained in October of 2001 after surrendering his life to Christ decades earlier.
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