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Just for those who don't know the difference
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(22-06-2023, 10:17 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Yeah, that one annoys me too. As does 'going forward' instead of in future or 'growing; something rather than enlarging or extending it; which sounds especially silly if it happens to be a business - you do though get an interesting mental image of rows of lettuce-like businesses planted in a garden. Smile

"Grow" as a transitive verb annoys me, e.g. "grow the tax base" instead of "expand the tax base".  There are very few usages of grow as a transitive verb, the only one I can think of is "I will grow my hair", and that's basically slang for "not cut my hair".   Nit picking, I know, but inexact usages are grating and unclear.


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RE: Just for those who don't know the difference - by Olive - 22-06-2023, 11:04 AM

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