Friday, March 15, 2013

id, ID, ides, ids, ID's

Id or id ( pronounced to rhyme with "hid" ) is a term from psychoanalysis, meaning the part of the psyche that has an impulse to pleasure, or that derives energy from attraction or appetite--
His id urged him to eat a steak dinner and cake, but he stuck to his diet.
The id is said to act on the "pleasure principle".

Ids or ids ( pronounced to rhyme with "lids" ) is the plural ( more than one ) of "id", although each person only has one id, and the psychoanalytical literature usually uses "the id" to refer to this in a general way--
How can dieters eat lettuce with no dressing, when their ids are demanding rich, fatty foods?
Many people believe that it would be unhealthy to make their ids subject to reason or control.

ID or I.D. ( pronounced as the two letters, "I" "D" , eye dee ), is an abbreviation of  "identity document", or "identifying document", or of "identity" or "identification", such as a driver's license or passport--
Can I see your ID?
He forgot his ID, and they won't let him in the nightclub.

ID's or I.D.'s ( pronounced eye deez ) is the plural ( more than one ) of  "ID" or "I.D.", meaning an identity document--
They left their ID's at home, and got a ticket when they were pulled over.
This is the line for people with no picture ID's.

Ides or ides ( pronounced to rhymes with "hides" ) means the fifteenth ( 15th  ) day of the month, or, more correctly, the middle of the month--the 15th in some months, the 13th in others, according to the ancient Roman calendar--
"Beware the ides of March".
Julius Caesar failed to heed the warning about the ides of March.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"To celebrate the ides of March, he followed his id into a nightclub, but realized he had forgotten his ID."
"Their ids urged them to go out on the town, so they took their ID's and debit cards, and went to see Caesar murdered on the ides of March."

Note--"I'd" ( pronounced to rhyme with "ride" ) is a contraction ( short, informal form ) of "I would"--
I'd like to see that new movie.
"I'd rather be blue, thinking of you..."

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