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Re^4: poll ideas quest 2015by davies (Prior) |
on May 15, 2015 at 18:35 UTC ( [id://1126806]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
"He will speak to the budget deficit" is a horrible neologism, thought by the perpetrator to mean "speak ABOUT". "I want to speak with you privately". No you don't. You speak with your mouth and larynx. Sometimes people speak with passion. But you speak TO a person or group of people. "doesn't sound like it makes a difference" - none of them do to people who abuse the language. But to those of us who try not to, it makes a difference. BTW, s/speak/talk/g is just the same in the blunders and corrections I've given. Regards, John Davies
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