Since childhood you’ve frequently had a nightmare where a fifteen-foot gummy bear tried to give you ice cream but as soon as your mouth salivated and you reached out to grab it, he turned into a fire-breathing dragon and began to chase you until you suddenly woke up — sweating, panting, with your heart racing.
Now that you’re 45 you thought you’d outgrow this reocurring nightmare— but no, you haven’t.
There is a difference between reoccurring and recurring:
“Something that recurs happens repeatedly, perhaps at regular intervals. Something that reoccurs happens again, but not necessarily repeatedly or at regular intervals. For example, the sunrise recurs, and an unpredictable event that happens to occur more than once—such as an earthquake or a financial crisis—reoccurs.” Grammarist
Here’s the good news about reocurring. It’s frequent but not regular. The converse is recurring. Recurring is something that happens, not frequently, but on a preset basis — every Tuesday, once a month on the 15th, etc. You’re paid on a recurring basis from your job. You have reoccurring nightmares.
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Want to get rid of those reocurring nightmares? Try exercising. Or consider thinking about happy thoughts before you close your eyes.
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Sleep tight.
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