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Utilize--now there's a word to hate. I used to love editing friends'
papers in college. Mostly I just crossed out baggage words and
useless phrases like "utilize" and "the fact that".
Don't worry. I did it with disgression.
--Dean
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> From: "Barbara J. Philbrick" <burkbrick -at- AOL -dot- COM>
> Unfortunately, some (too many IMO) people have taken this injunction to mean
> replace "use" with "utilize."
> It is an interesting idea - I'll have to try it!
