Sunday, May 01, 2016

7 Words That Have Changed Stages in the New Edition of 'Modern English Usage'

7 Words That Have Changed Stages in the New Edition of 'Modern English Usage'  

As far as I'm concerned, #5 is still Stage 1.  Or possibly below.

5 comments:

Don Coffin said...

#5, 6, and 7 are all still way our of bounds for me.

Don Coffin said...

"...out of bounds..."

Kevin R. Tipple said...

These listings will no longer be impactful once we all switch over to emojis and twitterspeak as required by the "Exemplary Communication Act of 2018."

Mike Dennis said...

Words that need to be included, and classified as STAGE 1!!!!:

1. drug -- as the misused past tense of "drag".
2. I could care less -- as the utterly misunderstood "I couldn't care less".
3. disenfranchise -- which was invented when someone -- probably a news reporter -- thought he/she was saying "disfranchise".
4. metaphor -- usually confused with "simile". Those people must have skipped high school English classes.

There are more, but don't get me started.

Dan said...

Mike,

Or as someone once put it: "Life is like a simile."