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Is it a verb.... or a noun?
What is with people's disregard for the part of speech they use? Verbs used as nouns, nouns used as verbs.... it is enough to drive a word lover into a deep state of depression. I'm going to GIFT you a car? What about "I will GIVE you a car?" Is that so painful? (The car is a GIFT). What about: Did you get my "INVITE"? Did they never hear of the word "invitation"? And for those intellectutals among us, 'sequester' is the verb. 'Sequestration' is the noun form. Just thought some word lovers would enjoy using the correct form of the word. If not..... then ME APOLOGY FOR BOTHERSOME ONE.
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Justly Just
Dear darling Vocabularians,
I just noticed,
Just how often,
I edit the word 'just' from my writings.
Like I'm just a Valley Girl with just 'Just' on her mind.
Am I justified?
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Former and Latter Abomination
Could we please all agree to stop using the words 'former' and 'latter' to mean the first or second thing you just said? e.g., I ate oranges and lemons, the former of which were sour. Yikes! Double yikes! Every time I see it, I always have to retrace my steps to find out which one was said first, and which one was mentioned second. It is one of the most awkward abominations in the English language. How about "I ate some oranges (which were sour) and then I had a couple lemons." Do what you have to do, but please stop! My heart can't take it!
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'Oh, bother', says Pooh. 'Bother onwards', say I.
How could anyone avoid the word 'sequestration' ?
Quite aurally beautiful.
May I offer 'sequestrarian' ?
As one favoring sequesters....
or have I gone too far.