In a couple of instances, we identified the leader of the high school as the principle, when in fact it was the principal.
There's a difference, although they sound alike. A principal is the leader of a school and is correct; a principle is an ideal and arguably could be interpreted as creating a fatal, since it changes the meaning of a phrase.
If I happened to be in a more ornery mood when grading these, they very well may have been fatals. Don't rely on my mood to get by, make sure we understand what the words we use mean, and how to use the correct ones at the right times.
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