Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.
Is i.e. a twenty-dollar word? Who’d a thunk it?
Politicians talk in twenty dollar words, President Trumps prefers the ten centers that I can understand...
Just another reason why Trump differs from the typical politician......
Similar to caveats by Fowler. Who also says if you’re going to show off and use a foreign language, you’d better use it right.
Also, Anglo-Saxon words have more punch than latinate words. They have to be used by ear, but never, never change an Anglo-Saxon word to a latinate one without good reason.