From: JAY DUGGER (duggerj1@charter.net)
Date: Sun Jun 22 2003 - 08:10:23 MDT
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:36:08 +1000
Damien Broderick <damienb@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>At 02:30 PM 6/20/03 +0100, Steve D wrote:
>
>>Too bad Bill, looks like another battle has been lost. I
>>fear I'll have to
>>give up insisting that "aggravate" does not mean
>>"irritate/annoy" as well.
>>However I am still fighting the good fight against the
>>confusing of "rebutt"
>>with "refute" (a very important distinction) and (vainly
>>I fear) of "flout"
>>with "flaunt".
>
Let me encourage you then. I slowly win at work the battle
to teach people the difference between "problem" and
"issue". I had to lose the fight for "effect" vs. "impact"
to do it.
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