Can I just say something, related to my job as an editor?
I hate the word utilize.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, you should use use.
Utilize makes me cringe.
Thank you.
The Tin Man
Can I just say something, related to my job as an editor?
I hate the word utilize.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, you should use use.
Utilize makes me cringe.
Thank you.
Not alone in that. See here:
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828
At least you don’t have to stand by every day and watch helplessly as copywriters use “impact” as a verb.
Oh, I can’t stand that one either.
Be grateful that you don’t work in the Military Industrial Complex, where everything shall be utilized by cognizant personnel. It’s enough to blow out that nice new heart of yours.