Re "floundering" vs. "foundering": my nerd alarm just started clanging. You were actually right the first time: to "flounder" is to struggle helplessly or clumsily. To "founder", usually said of ships, is to break up and sink. "The vessel was driven against the rocks and it foundered."
Re "floundering" vs. "foundering": my nerd alarm just started clanging. You were actually right the first time: to "flounder" is to struggle helplessly or clumsily. To "founder", usually said of ships, is to break up and sink. "The vessel was driven against the rocks and it foundered."
Given Chris's use of the nautical terms "Flotsam" and "Jetsam" in the title of his posts, we expect better from him.
Mea culpa!
Thanks! I thought it was "flounder" for those very reasons but ChatGPT said otherwise