RE: Invented Words

[Roger Bell <RBell -at- OptioSoftware -dot- com>]

That sums it alls up for me, Bob.  ;-)

Roger Bell
Senior Technical Writer
Optio Software, Inc.
www.optiosoftware.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hooker [mailto:rlhooker -at- telocity -dot- com]
Subject: Re: Invented Words

OK, time to come out of lurk mode to add some words I love to hate to the
list:

At the top of my list is "trainings," as in "I did some trainings in Dallas
last week." The singular variant has acquired an article: "I'm doing a
training in Boston next week." 

This usage, along with its close cousins "homeworks" and "a homework," seem
to be gaining popularity, at least in health care, over the last few years. 

Say what you want about the changing nature of the language, these things
still make my skin crawl. Worse yet, they're so prevelant around here that I
find that I am beginning to pick them up myself. Argh!!

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