On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, DAP Louw (Sielkunde) wrote:
> <snip>
> * You've proudly mastered two or three of them, including English ---
> just to discover on a daily basis that you speak it incorrectly.
> For example, that it should be "I feel nauseated", not "I feel
> nauseous". As English is not my native tongue, I found it very
> informative. But then I discovered my Oxford Dictionary defines
> "nauseous" as "1) affected by nausea, 2) causing nausea".
> Realising that American English differs from that funny language
> the Brits speak, I consulted my Websters which gives the
> following explanation: "1) causing nausea or disgust :
> nauseating, 2) affected with nausea or disgust.
I'm getting a bit queasy from all of this, but it's interesting,
nonetheless. Dap suggests there's some a dissenting opinion on
the matter. I hate to undermine him as he springs to my support
but my personal authority is Will Strunk's "little book" (Strunk
& White, 3rd edition). They say:
"Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means "sickening to contemplate";
the second means "sick at the stomach". Do not, therefore, say "I
feel nauseous", unless you are sure you have that effect on
others".
Now, does anyone know what William Safire has to say about the
matter?
-Stephen
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