Mudcat Café message #2792479

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Thread #125865 Message #2792479
Posted By: artbrooks
19-Dec-09 - 08:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.

Now, the one that drives ME absolutely around the bend is the use (mostly in the past ten or fifteen years) of 'decimate' as a synonym for 'devastate'. Damn it, it means reduce by 10 percent, and I don't care what ANY dictionary says!