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<br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Scott R Campbell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>I can't keep up with all this wit!<br>________________________________________<br>From: <a href="mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU">editors-bounces@MIT.EDU</a> [editors-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan I. Shansky [shansky@ilp.mit.edu]<br>Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:53 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:editors@MIT.EDU">editors@MIT.EDU</a><br>Subject: Re: [Editors] Utilize this!<br><br>I can't orientate myself to the utilization of this lexicon.<br><br>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Nicole M Malec wrote:<br><br>Yes, use-r friendly. ;)<br><br>Happy Friday.<br><br>-Nicole<br><br>....................................................................<br>Nicole M. Malec<br>Director of Communications<br>Resource Development<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>600 Memorial Drive, W98-348<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br>Office: 617.253.3467<br>Cell: 617.775.7701<br>nmm@mit.edu<<a href="mailto:nmm@mit.edu">mailto:nmm@mit.edu</a>><br>....................................................................<br><br>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>.<br><br><br><br><br><br>On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Scott R Campbell wrote:<br><br>That would be utilizable information...<br><br><br>On 3/12/10 10:44 AM, "Lily Underwood Burns" <lub@MIT.EDU<<a href="x-msg://119/lub@MIT.EDU">x-msg://119/lub@MIT.EDU</a>>> wrote:<br><br>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>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:http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4227<br><br><br>“Use” vs. “Utilize”<br>This entry is one in a series that tackles issues of proper word use and grammar in English.<br><br>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,<br><br>Indeed, utilize can often be no more than a pretentious substitute for use, and this should be avoided. However, utilize 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 use fundamentally means.<br><br>at Random House <<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828">http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980828</a>> .<br><br>When words such as these are used incorrectly, the people to whom you are speaking may think:<br><br><br> * you are ignorant of the definition of the word, so what else is wrong in what you are saying?<br> * you are using a pretentious “big word” to sound more sophisticated than you are<br> * you are slipping into jargon and can’t explain something in simple terms<br><br><br>None of these reflect well on you as a speaker, a writer, or as a communicator in general.<br><br>Here’s some guidance:<br><br><br> * If you are about to say “utilize” but “use” would work just as well, then say “use.”<br> * If you previously thought something was useless, but you got clever and now it isn’t, you are utilizing it.<br><br><br>Note that outside the United States, “utilize” will likely be spelled “utilise.”<br><br><br><br>Have a great weekend all!<br>Marilyn<br><br><br><br>Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD<br>Sr. Career Development Specialist<br>Career Development Center<br>MIT ~ GECDC<br>617-258-9149<br>Twitter: mcwillow<br>mcwilson@mit.edu<<a href="x-msg://119/mcwilson@mit.edu">x-msg://119/mcwilson@mit.edu</a>> <<a href="mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu">mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu</a>><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Editors mailing list<br>Editors@mit.edu<<a href="x-msg://119/Editors@mit.edu">x-msg://119/Editors@mit.edu</a>><br><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors</a><br><br><br>Lily U. 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