Did you know that there is a word "forgo"?

To bypass. I’ve heard of it before.

I use it all the time. Ain’t no big deal. People misuse words all the time. Many people have no grasp of the vast amount of words out there and forgo learning new ones.

@Forever_Free Yes indeed. I usually forgo telling them. :)

@LostInParadise Many readers have a more extensive vocabulary. I love to read older books for that reason.

Do all of you make proper use of forego meaning to go before?

I didn’t know there was a ‘forgo’, but I knew there was a forego.

‘Forego’ vs. ‘Forgo’: The E Is Important: Although forego and forgo have distinct meanings—forego meaning “to go before” and forgo meaning “to do without”—it is not uncommon to find forego in place of forgo. The lesson here is that forego implies something comes before something else as well as doing without something; however, forgo only means “to do without.”

Interesting!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-of-forego-vs-forgo

No but there is the word Fargo…~

Yes

@LostInParadise I have to say that I do use each word properly. I also know that use of the word forgo comes up more in my usage than does forego.

Forego means to go before and forgo means to go without

I’ve never used “forego”. First time seeing this word. It seems to be an archaic or a very unfashionable word.

I’ve used “forgo” lots of times.

I have never used forego.

I’ve seen both in print many times, “forego” more commonly than “forgo,” both meaning to give up something: “I think I’ll forgo dessert this evening.” I also used to hear the word spoken frequently (a favorite of my mother’s: e.g., “If you want to do x, you’ll have to forego y”), although not so much any more.

When I write this word, I generally spell it with the e because that’s how I’ve mostly seen it written. I see words in my head when I hear them, and I always see this with the e.

We usually meet “forego” in its other sense (preceding, going before) in the form of “foregoing”: “The foregoing text was lightly edited to update archaic spellings.”

I use forgo, but was unaware of forego. That’s confusing. Many homophones can be confusing.

I had no idea. That will be tough to remember.

Forego means ‘to do before.’ Forgo means ‘to do without or waive.’ The two have very different meanings and shouldn’t be used interchangeably.

From the Merriam-Webster quote cited above by @smudges (boldface added):

The lesson here is that forego implies something comes before something else as well as doing without something; however, forgo only means “to do without.”

To be consistent, we should either eliminate “forgo” or drop the definition of “forego” that is the same as “forgo”.

@LostInParadise Seems like we would have to eliminate a lot of words or definitions of words in the English language with that mindset. I only use forgo for doing without something, and that’s the only way I hear the word used so in my world what you suggested is the case, but in literature it sounds like it will come up or some random person might use it the other way so it’s good to know the possibilities.

Forgo in the sense of giving something up is commonly used here but I’ve never heard of forego.

Foregone conclusion is a common expression but not forego.