To: mtbopfuyn
Don't forget affect/effect.
Also, a little pet peeve of mine, what's with "orientated"? The dictionary says it's valid, but to me it seems that "oriented" means the same thing and has the advantage of having one fewer syllables. Near as I can tell, through sloppy usage the noun "orientation" has resulted in the bastardized verbs "orientate", probably as a result of management types trying to sound more intelligent by adding syllables to words.
45 posted on
04/11/2003 12:45:42 PM PDT by
-YYZ-
To: -YYZ-
Hey! Don't even start that crap! We had a very lively discussion in the office today about "irregardless" LOL
48 posted on
04/11/2003 12:49:23 PM PDT by
BSunday
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