OT--Re: Help me find 5 mistakes and than solution to thoes mistakes!

[Keith Hunt]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:29:55 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz
<rpaiz at simpaticus.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:33, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> > And a pet peeve of mine is misuse of Latin in general, e.g., the biggest
> > of which are confusing i.e. and e.g., and mispronouncing etc (i.e., et
> > cetera) as ex cetera.
> >
> 
> Hey, Steve! Good to read you again.
> 
> I thought this thread would die, but since it refuses I'll just *have*
> to pitch in. Generally spelling and grammar are going downhill fast...
> English is my second language and I still find that most of the
> "natives" speak/write/think in simply deplorable fashion. Examples:
> 
> Misuse of similar words: complimentary/complementary or affect/effect
> Language destruction: walla! (voilà!) and expresso (espresso)
> 
> And there are oh-so-many others!
> 
> --
> Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
> Simpaticus.com
> 
> 

When speaking of language destruction, I think one just has to mention
the "verbing" of nouns (and I use that phrase deliberately).  Is being
"tasked" with something supposed to sound more important than being
given an assignment?

-- 
Keith Hunt 
keith at uakron.edu