My friend Brooke over at Yobeat was recently venting her frustrations about how no one knows the difference between “premiere” and “premier” when announcing snow film events. I know we have some amateur Angry Grammarians in our readership, so I decided to help her cause with a public service announcement about the proper use of these words:
It’s that time of year when you will likely be writing about many video premieres. While you’ve seen it both ways because no one seems to know the difference, the appropriate spelling when describing an event is “PREMIERE.” Without the final E it refers to the “first in rank.” So if you wanted to say the event was the best of the season, drop that e. Otherwise it is PREMIERE.
