The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54007 Message #834580
Posted By: Mark Clark
25-Nov-02 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: resolving common errors in English (USA
Subject: RE: BS: resolving common errors in English (USA
Thanks, Bill. I can see I'm going to have some fun with that site.
I don't pretend to be free from stupid errors in my own grammer but at least I do make an effort. I used to laugh (sometimes out loud) when a pompous mananager would tell participants in a meeting that we needed to consense on an issue, meaning of course that he wanted us to reach a consensus.
I'm often surprised at the length to which people will go in an attempt to seem more educated than they actually are. One of my pet peeves is the modern habit of adding ize to a noun to create a transitive verb. A simple example of this is to say utilize when the simpler use is intended. Often, though, the pretentious usage results in a word that doesn't really exist in accepted English usage.
Don't get me started. And don't go back over my old posts either. <g>