RE: Address this. . .

[Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I've been trying to resist getting sucked into this debate about unresolved issues, but I finally lost the battle.

> And then, I quoted two dictionaries, one widely used 
> in the USofA and the other widely used in Britain, 
> neither of which had even a suggestion that "address" 
> means "fix". 


What about definition 2b in one of the Merriam-Webster entry you cited?

 

"2 a : to direct the efforts or attention of (oneself) <will address himself to the problem> b : to deal with : treat <intrigued by the chance to address important issues — I. L. Horowitz>"

 

"To deal with" certainly suggests "to fix" in my ear. But maybe I've just got tinnitis...

-Fred Ridder

 

 
 		 	   		  
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