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Is it just me, or does the phrase, "Common Errors in English Usage" sound wrong? Shouldn't it be, "Common Errors in the Use of English"? So I checked on their o
by philbarr 16y ago
Is it just me, or does the phrase, "Common Errors in English Usage" sound wrong? Shouldn't it be, "Common Errors in the Use of English"?
So I checked on their own site: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/usage.html http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/usage.html.
I guess I'm right. :)
- sid0 16y agoHow does it imply that you're right? "Common Errors in English Use" sounds much worse to me.
- philbarr 16y agoIt says that, as a general rule, you should use 'use' instead of 'usage'. So I reconstructed the sentence to make it use 'use'. Also, the :) was intended to make it a bit of a joke.
- sid0 16y ago> It says that, as a general rule, you should use 'use' instead of 'usage'. Nowhere does it say that. It says that only if both seem appropriate (obviously disallowing modifying the rest of the sentence -- that is clear from the context and the example). In this case, "use" doesn't seem appropriate at all.
- philbarr 16y agoOk, you win. Although again I would like to point you to the initial smily, ":)", meaning, "joke".