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editors-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan
I. Shansky<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 12, 2010 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> editors@MIT.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Editors] Utilize this!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I can't orientate myself to the utilization of this lexicon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Nicole M Malec wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Yes, use-r friendly. ;)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Happy Friday. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Scott R Campbell wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>That
would be utilizable information...<br>
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On 3/12/10 10:44 AM, "Lily Underwood Burns" <<a
href="x-msg://119/lub@MIT.EDU">lub@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank
you so much - and thank you everyone for sending along such useful information!<br>
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Have a fantastic weekend,<br>
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Lily<br>
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On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Marilyn C Wilson wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Dear
Editors,<br>
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For your Friday morning mild amusement --<br>
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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>
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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:<span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4227">http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4227</a><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“Use” vs. “Utilize”<br>
</span></b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This
entry is one in a series that tackles issues of proper word use and grammar in
English. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>at <span
style='color:blue'>Random House <<a
href="http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828">http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828</a>>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>When words such as
these are used incorrectly, the people to whom you are speaking may think: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>you
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>you
are using a pretentious “big word” to sound more sophisticated than you
are </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>you
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>None of these reflect
well on you as a speaker, a writer, or as a communicator in general. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Here’s some guidance:
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>If
you are about to say “utilize” but “use” would work just as well, then say
“use.” </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>If
you previously thought something was useless, but you got clever and now
it isn’t, you are utilizing it. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Note that outside the
United States, “utilize” will likely be spelled “utilise.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Have a great weekend all!<br>
Marilyn<br>
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Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD<br>
Sr. Career Development Specialist<br>
Career Development Center<br>
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617-258-9149<br>
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