OT: RE: Grammar, was RE: Work In KC Area?

From: Peter Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Wed Aug 6 15:08:00 2003

On Aug 6, 9:54, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Patrick Rigney wrote:
> > James Sissel wrote"
> >
> > > > My pet peeve is people who don't know the difference between
your and
> > > > you're.
> >
> > Mine is "utilize" and all its forms. What is wrong with "use"?

> Mine is Architected. It always makes me think of someone bludgeoning
> people by swinging an architect around by his/her ankles...

Mine is "burglarized" (or "-ised"). The noun is "burglar", the verb is
"burgle", and the past tense is "burgled". "To burglarize" would be to
turn someone into a burglar.

On Aug 6, 13:00, John Lawson wrote:
> "Verbing nouns wierds language"

Indeed :-)

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
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