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Curious about forgoing and foregoing

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CarbonEmittingPenguin · 03/02/2016 15:18

Is there a distinction? I was writing a post in which I said I was considering forgoing something i.e. I intend to pass it up/not respond to the invite but it autocorrected to foregoing which I understand as aforementioned / previously stated. Can anyone write a sentence using the two to display the difference?

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0phelia · 03/02/2016 15:21

I think they are different spellings of the same word. Might be UK/USA variations.

MrsHathaway · 03/02/2016 16:05

Ah, no.

Forgoing is going without.
Foregoing is like aforementioned.

The English language could well do without either, IMHO.

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