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

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Keith Hunt wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:39:44 -0500, John Krische <john at sysop.com> wrote:
> > I hate to break it to you, but "task" has had a verb definition for
> > over 2000 years.  It comes from the Latin "taxare", ie, "to tax".
>
-- snip --
>
> > But enough of this.  Later.
> >
> > John K.
> >
> > >
> > >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
>
> Wow.  Now I just feel stupid.  But that's probably enough of this OT thread.
>
> --
> Keith

Look at it this way:  If you learned something (I know I did), then you're
entitled to feel smarter than you did before.

I was going to mention my pet peeve of the week (seen occasionally on this
list)--namely the confusion of loser and looser--but I'll refrain and let
the thread die.

-- 
		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs