Re: Ongoing situational scenarios

Subject: Re: Ongoing situational scenarios
From: Alun Whittaker <alun -at- CORTE-MADERA -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 11:07:17 PST

A: NEOLOGISMS

Doug Montalbano write re "proactive":

> There already is a word for this, albeit a somewhat unused (I'd hate to say
> obscure) one: proleptic


What's wrong with "anticipatory"?

B: PASSIVE VOICE

As a "superbly well educated gentleman" from northern England let
me assure you that those Londoners are full of it. They use the
passive voice because they actually like to sound pompous and stuffy!

ALUN W...


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