Re: Hold your piece oe hold your peace I'm also not a teacher, but I do a great deal of writing in my line of work and this phrase always bothers me.
If I see "hold your piece," my editorial response back to them is "hold my piece of what?" It sounds like an unfinished thought, whereas "hold your peace" derives from the "speak now or forever hold your peace" heard in wedding services.
I'm also troubled by the phrase "speak your piece," which is commonly accepted to mean "speak aloud a piece of writing." I think it's more correct to use "speak your peace," with peace referring to "peace of mind." If I see "speak your piece of mind," I need to know to what piece of mind are we referring: the frontal lobe, hippocampus, the medulla oblongata?
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