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Re: help stop verb abuse



Elisabeth--

>I'm not making this up.  I opened a letter this morning from a job
>applicant and found within a sentence that begins like this:
>
>"I was tasked with badging..."
>
>I think I would be more kindly disposed toward the application if the verb
>was "badgering" instead.

I didn't know you had Wisconsin connections.

Barry Maid
bmmaid@ualr.edu