<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I can't orientate myself to the utilization of this lexicon.</div><br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Nicole M Malec wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, use-r friendly. ;)<div><br></div><div>Happy Friday. </div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>-Nicole</div><div><br></div><div>....................................................................</div><div>Nicole M. Malec</div><div>Director of Communications</div><div>Resource Development</div><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div><div>600 Memorial Drive, W98-348</div><div>Cambridge, MA 02139</div><div>Office: 617.253.3467</div><div>Cell: 617.775.7701</div><div><a href="mailto:nmm@mit.edu">nmm@mit.edu</a></div><div>....................................................................</div><div><br></div><div>MIT has great impact on the world, and philanthropy makes it possible. Find out more at <a href="http://giving.mit.edu">http://giving.mit.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Scott R Campbell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">That would be utilizable information...<br> <br> <br> On 3/12/10 10:44 AM, "Lily Underwood Burns" <<a href="x-msg://119/lub@MIT.EDU">lub@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you so much - and thank you everyone for sending along such useful information!<br> <br> Have a fantastic weekend,<br> <br> Lily<br> <br> On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Marilyn C Wilson wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:10pt">Dear Editors,<br> <br> For your Friday morning mild amusement --<br> <br> I just had yet another annoying encounter with the word “utilize” which seems more and more commonly used in sentences where the word “use” is the better choice. <br> <br> So I went to the Internet to see if others share my reaction, and of course there is quite a bit written about it! In case you are interested, here’s one example, from the blog of a man named Bob Sutor:<font color="#0000FF"><a href="http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4227">http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4227</a><br> </font> <br> </span></font></font><div align="CENTER"> <font size="5"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:16pt"><b>“Use” vs. “Utilize”<br> </b></span></font></font><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:9pt"><i>This entry is one in a series that tackles issues of proper word use and grammar in English. </i></span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"> <font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">The incorrect yet increasingly common use of “utilize” instead of the simpler “use” is well documented in several places around the web. See, for example, </span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"> <font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">Indeed, <b>utilize</b> can often be no more than a pretentious substitute for <b>use</b>, and this should be avoided. However, <b>utilize</b> does have its own meaning: ‘to turn to profitable use; to make a practical use for’. This is not the same sense as ‘to bring into service’, which is what <b>use</b> fundamentally means. </span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"> <font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">at <font color="#0000FF">Random House <<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828">http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828</a>> </font>. </span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"> <font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">When words such as these are used incorrectly, the people to whom you are speaking may think: </span></font></font> </div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul><li><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">you are ignorant of the definition of the word, so what else is wrong in what you are saying? </span></font></font></li><li><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">you are using a pretentious “big word” to sound more sophisticated than you are </span></font></font></li><li><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">you are slipping into jargon and can’t explain something in simple terms </span></font></font></li></ul><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">None of these reflect well on you as a speaker, a writer, or as a communicator in general. </span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"> <font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">Here’s some guidance: </span></font></font> </div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul><li><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">If you are about to say “utilize” but “use” would work just as well, then say “use.” </span></font></font></li><li><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">If you previously thought something was useless, but you got clever and now it isn’t, you are utilizing it. </span></font></font></li></ul><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div align="CENTER"><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt">Note that outside the United States, “utilize” will likely be spelled “utilise.” </span></font></font> </div><div> <font face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br> </span></font><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:10pt"> <br> <br> Have a great weekend all!<br> Marilyn<br> <br> <br> <br> Marilyn C. 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