I love this. In particular because I was once very close to someone working in some UE-related organization in Brussels. They routinely complained about the EU

I love this. In particular because I was once very close to someone working in some UE-related organization in Brussels. They routinely complained about the EU having its own English, mentioning the use of "persons" where "people" would be more correct. This use is not mentioned in this publication, maybe "persons" is actually fine-ish. I can see how many of these mistakes could come from the French language. Ah ah. Whoops. Sorry! :-) For instance, "foresee" used to mean "plan" where it really means "predict". I never made the mistake because I never made the connection myself, but in French "prévoir" indeed means both things. I wonder how much French being used in Brussels has influenced this. But I guess many European languages are similar to French for many of these things. Maybe some of these misuses are a testimony of the complexity of English, like the uncountable words, the prepositions or the usage rules of "allow". Maybe English could adopt some of these uses that seem convenient. Like, "transpose" instead of "incorporate into". And yes, I cringe a bit whenever I see "actually" used to mean "currently". It happens all the time. I guess English has its peculiarities in each area where it is spoken, and Europe is not an exception to this… And I mean, a big chunk of the English vocabulary is already French, we might as well continue the trend x)