6 Aug
2003
6 Aug
'03
4:51 p.m.
Peter Turnbull wrote:
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.
Let's not forget the great marketing term that has now fallen into
seeming acceptability - the 'Intranet!' Did someone invent the
Intranetworking Protocol whilst I was not looking? Are marketing types
completely unable to distinguish between 'The Internet' and 'an
internet?'
Dave.