
Use Use
by Erica Mena
What is the problem with the verb use? I would really like to know who decided that use was too plain/simple/boring to be used anymore, and started the rash of other, highly upsetting jargon-y words that mean something close to use. Like utilize, for example. Can anyone give me a good reason that I should utilize a word instead of use it? Or deploy. Or employ. For example: I am currently employing my spoon to eat cereal? In what world […]
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