Shocking dictionary discovery of the day
Microsoft word kept underlining my use of the word “forfend” in red today, suggesting that I’d misspelled it or, heaven forfend, made it up. (And, indeed, WordPress keeps doing the same thing as I write this.) So I took a minute to consult my friend Webster’s New World and discovered that “forfend” is now considered archaic. It may well be, but I’ll continue to use it, and I contemn anyone who would caution me against it.
January 31st, 2012 at 4:24 am
Don’t get me started. I’m stil having trouble with “alternate” used to mean “alternative”…
“Flounder” replaing “founder”…
“More importantly” instead of “more important”….
And why the pretensons of “utilize” when it means the same as “use!”