Question

emit:
1. (verb) to produce, to voice

omit:
1. (verb) to leave something out, to forget

Which sentence contains correct word usage?
The alarms omit a frequency that cannot be heard by the human ear.
The teacher will omit the lowest score in order to increase the averages.
We are attempting to emit the last few chapters in order to save paper.
The movie emitted the offensive graphics that caused the boycott.

Answer 1

Only sentence 2 is correct.

Brief notes:
1. Incorrect — should be "The alarms emit a frequency…" (emit = produce).
2. Correct — "omit" = leave out.
3. Incorrect — should be "We are attempting to omit the last few chapters…" (omit = leave out).
4. Incorrect/awkward — better: "The movie displayed/featured the offensive graphics…" (movies display or contain graphics; "emit" is inappropriate).