tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post8822850206767374750..comments2023-10-30T09:45:16.159-06:00Comments on Writing on the Wall: Eager vs. AnxiousPrecision Editing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17054725687044240043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-47401439365024037562007-12-04T09:12:00.000-07:002007-12-04T09:12:00.000-07:00This blog entry was forwarded to me at work today....This blog entry was forwarded to me at work today. Around here (a group of engineers, nonetheless), we have a certain level of respect for Fowler’s Modern English Usage, which some of you may be familiar with. Fowler says the following:<BR/><BR/>"anxious. The objections made to it in the sense eager (to hear, improve, go , etc), as a modernism, and in the sense likely to cause anxiety (It is a very a. business; You will find her an a. charge) as an archaism, are negligible; both are natural developments, the first is almost universally current, and the second is still not infrequent."<BR/><BR/>We ultimately agreed on the distinction made by this blog, but we also thought that this excerpt would be found interesting.Tom Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568711538790692523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-57575575916202839262007-10-06T20:17:00.000-06:002007-10-06T20:17:00.000-06:00Stephanie, yay! I'm not the only person who gets a...Stephanie, yay! I'm not the only person who gets annoyed with nauseated/nauseous used wrong!<BR/><BR/>Josi, thanks for the kind words. I know I'm an odd duck in that I really enjoy this kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>I have an entire list of pet peeves, and I'll probably blog about them here at some point. <BR/><BR/>One of my biggest peeves: mixing up imply/infer. People often use INFER when they mean IMPLY. You infer (interpret) what someone says, which they may have implied.Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-28191706844079909392007-10-06T06:43:00.000-06:002007-10-06T06:43:00.000-06:00Luckily I've not had problems with those. Lay and ...Luckily I've not had problems with those. Lay and lie are ultimate nemeses . . . nemises . . . huh, what would that word be?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986635883342034311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-15027735502122991812007-10-06T00:43:00.000-06:002007-10-06T00:43:00.000-06:00My dad could come up with all sorts of these. The...My dad could come up with all sorts of these. There were many discussions at our house as to how one could feel. Ond doesn't feel good, unless one has good feeling in ones fingertips. And if you feel badly, then you're doing it wrong. You feel well. You feel bad. Then there's the word get--I just don't want to get into that one though.Janette Rallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883483145480893640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-68189730406801657622007-10-05T21:00:00.000-06:002007-10-05T21:00:00.000-06:00"Nauseated" versus "nauseous" is my pet peeve. If ..."Nauseated" versus "nauseous" is my pet peeve. If you are nauseated, you feel sick. If something is nauseous, it makes other people feel sick.Stephanie Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450234632701799729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113459088262891680.post-76524387385471294122007-10-05T18:46:00.000-06:002007-10-05T18:46:00.000-06:00It's also easy to confuse words such as insure & e...It's also easy to confuse words such as insure & ensure . . . Thanks for the explanation of eager vs. anxious. Very clear.Heather Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634399663804195312noreply@blogger.com