Actually I have too pet peeves. One is Utilize. Why not just Use????? The
other is ensure vs. insure. If you didn't pay a premium, then you didn't
insure it.
Tom
> Right Chris. Real English. Without monster words. For example,
> when I had do "invigilation" at St. Andrews - but fortunately, my
> invigilatting days are over, at worst, I may have to be, on occasion,
> vigilant.
> Benson (who likes the accent but not the extra "u"'s either. !: )
>
> >Uh, Chris, obligated is a pretty common word 'over here' where we
> >speak
> >'real' English and don't waste time with extra u's in color and humor.
> What really bothers me though is that a perfectly good word like
> >"obliged" is discarded for a word made up from a noun =
> >obligation...
> >obligated! By that process we might derive a monster like
> >"pressurisated"
> >from pressurisation - what was wrong with "pressure" or even
> >"press"?
>
> >All right, I've finished :>).
> > Chris
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