Mythril Eye Reporter Flounders With Spelling

This is the opening paragraph to the latest article:

"An Alliance Actually
When the Garlean Empire first reared its repugnant head in Eorzea, swiftly stripping Ala Mhigo of its sovereignty by way of subterfuge, the surviving city-states were compelled to come together in coalition. Named the Eorzean Alliance, the coalition had ambitious aspirations for the defense of its dominions. Alas, such schemes soon suffered a severe setback—the Holy See of Ishgard withdrew from the treaty, leaving the fledging fraternity to founder and fade into feebleness. Today, the common consensus of the citizenry is that the alliance exists only in name."

Here, the word "founder" should be "flounder". Founder is a noun to describe someone who starts something, flounder is a verb for struggling.

Founder is ok here.

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Originally Posted by Deltara

Founder is ok here.

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Founder is definitely ok here.

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Usage notes
Frequently confused with flounder. Both may be applied to the same situation, the difference is the severity of the action: floundering (struggling to maintain position) comes first, followed by foundering (losing it by falling, sinking or failing).

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Wow, I had never heard of that note Alex o.o Interesting...

OK, I was wrong, can some mod please delete this thread?

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[edit]Verb
founder (third-person singular simple present founders, present participle foundering, simple past and past participle foundered)
(intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.  [quotations*▼]
(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
(intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

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SE tends to use older meanings for words. They really do their research.