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s vou may have noticed from the title,
there was an unusual use of a word.
The "unusual" is fine with me; the
uneducated goof is intolerable.
After having taught English for 30 years (the
last 10 as a "foreign language"), I am still
incensed by those who
should know better and
do not seem to.
For instance, I shudder
when I hear someone use
"less" for "fewer" ("There
were less bottles on the
shelf yesterday").
What is with all the •
new verbs we are getting
these days? It seems that
anything can be made
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into an action word: "Do
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not disrespect your moth-
er," urged a TV judge.
And from TV-news peo-
ple: "He will football his way to a scholarship;"
"They limoed to the prom."
And when did some verbs become "active"?
Ex.: "The magician vanished the bridge."
If you are pointing out differences, use
"from;" for comparisons use "than." For exam-
ple: The latest salesman's approach was different
from the others'. It was better than most. Please
do not insist that "His offer was better from the
other dealer."
I never realized how many frustrated serving
people we had out there; otherwise, how do you
account for the number who use "waiting on" in
their common reference? They insist they were
"waiting on a friend" at the mall, "waiting on"
the check to arrive, etc.
As a side note, I've given up being fussy about
others inviting people to dinner as opposed to
for dinner. After all, who am I to account for
people's cannabalistic tendencies?
My solution is to "luck" myself to Las Vegas,
where money does the talking.

ORMAN

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