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Personally, I hate when they use the word depress to mean "to press something down", because that's what I think of "press" as meaning, and depress to me immedi
by kbenson 6y ago
Personally, I hate when they use the word depress to mean "to press something down", because that's what I think of "press" as meaning, and depress to me immediately makes me think "opposite of press" or "stop pressing". To my eyes, it would be much clearer to say "press the brake" or "activate the brake pedal".
- jeffbee 6y agoI have the same mental ambivalence about "engage the clutch". Is it engaged when the engine is connected to the transmission? Or when they are disconnected? But this is English and we have words like "inflammable".