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I hate seeing 'utilise' where 'use' would be perfectly fine.
by lambic 4y ago
I hate seeing 'utilise' where 'use' would be perfectly fine.
- denton-scratch 4y agoWhenever I see "utilize" on wikipedia, I fix it. "Utilize" is a word, but I don't think it means the same as "use". I think it means "to take something that is useless, and make it useful", or "to turn something into a tool". So you could utilize a written-off car as a source of parts, perhaps. If you utilize "utilize" to mean "use", you're indulging in grand language to look more authoritative. And nobody utilizes "utilize" in spoken English.
- ask_b123 4y agoWait, that definition is too constraining. And imho Wikipedia articles don't need that "fix", unless the articles are in the Simple English Wikipedia: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page But a disclaimer: in my native language "utilize" is relatively common.