7 Aug
2003
7 Aug
'03
7 p.m.
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Dave Woodman wrote:
It makes me want to "correct" them with extreme prejudice.
It's like "almost pregnant".
Peace... Sridhar
Mine is
"burglarized" (or "-ised"). The noun is "burglar", the verb
is
"burgle", and the past tense is "burgled". "To burglarize"
would be to
turn someone into a burglar.
'Nearly unique' (and all such such misuses) cause me to want to correct
someone.