Re: Simple Verbiage Question

["Brady, Joy" <JBrady -at- ALLDATA -dot- NET>]

                Jan,
                You could "utilize" a fork to comb your hair. "Utilize" is
kind of a narrower version of "use," where the idea is that you're using
something in a new way, or in a way that is not it's traditional use.
McGuyver was a great "utilizer!" However, in 99 times out of a 100 that I
see it used, they just shoulda used "use."  I'm with you on this pet-peeve.

                Another pet peeve of mine is "Give the form to Frank or
MYSELF."  Let's set the word "ME"   FREE!  ME ME ME!!!  I feel better now.
Thank you.
                Me  (aka Joy M. Brady)
                Sr. Technical Writer/Retail Systems Documentation (CAD4A)
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                                From:  Jan Stanley
[SMTP:janron -at- CONCENTRIC -dot- NET]
                                Sent:  Thursday, August 26, 1999 15:02
                                To:  TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
                                Subject:  Re: Simple Verbiage Question

                        >..."utilize" (and various forms of
                        >that word), ... are, to me, appropriate
                        >in marketing literature (and in spoken
                        >communication) but not in technical writing.

                        I can't think of a single type of material in which
I'd find
                        "utilize" acceptable.  Does it ever mean something
that "use"
                        doesn't?

                        Jan
                        janron -at- concentric -dot- net

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