As Stan Laurel once observed "Aren't you over bounding your steps?" (Linguistically speaking of course. Paul,Evanston
Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2012, at 4:54 PM, "Owen Jenkins" <[email protected]> wrote: > Are we here thinking of an on-going, pro-active, utilisation scenario in this > specific and totally unique exemplification? > > Not, of course, that I should for one moment, in my wildest dreams, possibly > conceive of a continuum situation where excessive verbosity could perceivably > be considered as a means of motivationalised expression. If you catch my > drift, in this current, interactive, recreational communication activity. Now > you have a whole new raft of modular expositionalist verbiage to contend with. > > Unaccustomed as I am to saying as many words as possibly in an attempt to > obfuscate, obscure and otherwise hide the complete lack of meaning in any of > the foregoing drivel, I feel it behoves me to say, at this temporal juncture, > 'Good Night'. > > O. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: mogtalk2 > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 9:51 PM > Subject: RE: [mogtalk2] grammar > > Then in the example I highlighted, “use” would be correct I think. Often > “use” can be used in place of the even uglier “utilize” and “utilization”, > TC > David. > > From: Owen Jenkins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 09 June 2012 20:09 > To: mogtalk2 > Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] grammar > > There's a subtle difference in meaning. "Usage" is about the way something is > used, rather than the fact of its being used. > > In English, there was, usually, a good reason for more than one word to exist > with generally similar meaning. There would be a nuance (English word?? > Another strength of English - if we have no suitable word, we'll borrow one) > of meaning. > > Cheers, > Owen. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: mogtalk2 > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 6:16 PM > Subject: [mogtalk2] grammar > > Why ugly big “*usage” when “use” does just as well? > > TC > David. > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Modify Your Subscription > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5058 - Release Date: 06/09/12 > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Modify Your Subscription > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
