On 04/29/2014 05:49 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Regular readers* will know...
> * Off-topic note for American readers: as far as I'm concerned, "regular" > does not mean "ordinary". That neologism is even polluting our high streets > over here. I've used both of those words all my life but never looked them up in a dictionary. Until today, of course: A thing is ordinary when it is apt to come round in the regular common order or succession of events. [1913 Webster] Can you give us an example of how we misuse the word "regular"? (a word I don't ordinarily use ;)
