Re: Word use: Express/ed

[Jan Boomsliter <boom -at- CADENCE -dot- COM>]

I was going to pass up your note, to avoid adding to the hail of
responses you will receive, until I came to  "I have seen this alot,
and ..." caught my eye.  So here's my advice:  use a dictionary to find
whether you are correct about the use of the word, "express."
While you're there, look up "alot," and the U.S. spelling of
"humourous."


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 I received a humourous sendup of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (about Newt
 Gingrich, of course), and noticed a use of the word "express/ed" in a manner I
 didn't think was correct. However, let the writing list be the judge. Here's
 the quote:

 "This work was created solely for the amusement of
 the authors and should not be copied, distributed or otherwise
 duplicated by any means (electronic or telepathic included) without
 the expressed written consent of whoever owns the copyright to the
 book the authors plagiarized to create this masterpiece."


 My concern is the word "expressed": shouldn't it be "express", in the same
 meaning as "I _expressly_ told you not to do that", or as one Oxford
 definition:

         "definitely stated, not merely implied"

 I have seen this alot, and wondered if it was just ignorance, of if I had been
 misinterpreting all these years, and it really was supposed to mean, as in
 "he expressed his opinion".

 Gwen (ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com)