[al baby]

I have a problem with people using the word “cement” when they mean “concrete”; they are not interchangeable, yet people write and say it all the time.…To clarify, cement is the powder used to make concrete. The hardened surfaces on which we walk and drive are concrete, not cement. It’s really no big deal, just something that leaps out at me when I read it or hear it.

[metesky]

Me too. Was in constuction for most of my life and that just irks me.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Well hey, we park on driveways and drive on parkways....and you want people to understand the difference between cement and concrete?

;)

[Inyo-Mono]

I have a problem with people using the word “cement” when they mean “concrete”; they are not interchangeable, yet people write and say it all the time.…To clarify, cement is the powder used to make concrete. The hardened surfaces on which we walk and drive are concrete, not cement. It’s really no big deal, just something that leaps out at me when I read it or hear it.

Kind of like me when I read the word "font" when they really mean "typeface."