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Re: Use Of Punctuation In A Post And What Is Annoying or Confusing
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Originally Posted by Richard
Usage.
I highly recommend getting a paper copy of The Elements of Style, in one of its more modern editions. [The link above is William Strunk, Jr.'s 1918 original.]
One of my personal pet peeves is misuse of comprise. For a clear explanation of how it is used correctly, see p. 68 of this illustrated edition (Strunk / White / Kalman, 2008).
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See there - I didn't even have to wait a month. 
Where the term turns into jargon is in the passive, preposition-laden, techno-babble that cruses so many engineers. Rather than describing how something is used, so many authors (when they are authoring  ) insist upon discussing what its usage might be. I suppose I have become allergic to "usage" and its less reputable associates.
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Words/phrases  I avoid: basis, mitigate, leveraging, transitioning, impact (instead of affect/effect), facilitate, programmatic, problematic, issue (instead of problem), latency (instead of delay), dependency (instead of prerequisite), connectivity, usage & utilize (instead of use), downed, functionality, functional, power on, descore, alumni (instead of alumnus/alumna), the enterprise, methodology, nomenclature, form factor (instead of size or shape), competency, modality, provided(with), provision(ing), irregardless/irrespective, signage, colorized, pulsating, ideate
Last edited by gblake : 06-11-2009 at 22:38.
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