Errors in word use that I react strongly to include:
effect / affect
insure / ensure / assure
utilize (in any situation - i HATE that word)
effect / affect
insure / ensure / assure
utilize (in any situation - i HATE that word)
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Re: Butchered word use
Tue, May 30, 2006 - 8:14 PMIs there any time you'd utilize "utilize"? ;-) -
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Re: Butchered word use
Wed, May 31, 2006 - 5:25 PMMy boss hates when "utilize" is, uh, utilized (kidding). She says that the word is only used acceptably in rare situations. Since she's my boss, who am I to argue (btw, I have learned a lot from this woman - usually I have to teach MY bosses).
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Re: Butchered word use
Wed, June 7, 2006 - 11:04 AMNever, ever. Nohow. In no wise. Uh-uh. Over my dead body.
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Re: Butchered word use
Fri, December 15, 2006 - 3:25 PMTo utilize something means to use it in a way that gives it utility, or so it seems to me.
I'm going to utilize this heap of rotting leaves as compost for my garden. Otherwise, it's just trash. -
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Re: Butchered word use
Tue, February 13, 2007 - 6:26 PMWhatever's wrong with the verb "use" instead? It has four fewer letters, two fewer syllables, means just the same, and sounds more direct and less pompous. Observe:
"The design phase of the repurposing will utilize a number of disparate inputs."
"I used the broom to clean up the broken glass."
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Re: Butchered word use
Tue, February 13, 2007 - 9:05 PMMy thought is that utilizing a thing infers giving something utility that it wouldn't otherwise have.
For instance those dead leaves - they are being utilized as mulch, whereas, by themselves they are merely trash.
or maybe that's what you meant and I just rephrased ... -
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Re: Butchered word use
Thu, February 22, 2007 - 5:21 PMMy thought is that "infers" in the previous comment should have been "implies."
Another thought is that my '"implies."' should have been '"implies".' -
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Re: Butchered word use
Sun, February 25, 2007 - 8:11 PMMy thought is that '"implies" should have been 'implies'. -
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Re: Butchered word use
Mon, February 26, 2007 - 4:59 AMWhy are people using the words funner and funnest? I heard someone use it on the Oscars last night, and it's the third or fourth time I've heard these words on television over the last week.
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