Re: Use v. utilize (was Re: Simple Verbiage Question)

Subject: Re: Use v. utilize (was Re: Simple Verbiage Question)
From: LDurway -at- PAV -dot- COM
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:40:09 -0500

I've been mulling over that same issue recently. What good are the nuances
if the reader doesn't appreciate them? Subtle distinctions tend to lead
readers into ambiguity rather than away.

Lindsey

> -----Original Message-----
> All depends on the reader's background, of course. It's possible
> that a reader of MW's example wouldn't know that it's not
> traditional to use a bucket as a planter -- but would a reader
> who didn't know that be likely to have the kind of background
> that would make him or her attuned to that subtle distinction
> between "used" and "utilized"?
>

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