Are you verbing nouns? When to curb that verb.

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I nearly retched yesterday when a client told me to edit a passage he wrote, even though he and colleague were still “languaging” it. Languaging? Gag me. It’s a trusim that “Any noun can be verbed.” That doesn’t make it a good idea. Where to draw the line on verbing nouns In my first job, … Continued

The term “officer-involved shooting” sets a dangerous precedent

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A state trooper in Maryland shot a 16-year old man. ABC News described it as an “trooper-involved fatal shooting” — as if it somehow happened by itself with no agency on the part of the trooper. You can argue about whether the shooting was justified — since the person who was shot was wielding a … Continued