tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558351056749386610.post8463618766913749883..comments2023-10-29T07:23:40.259-04:00Comments on From the Garden Bench: Words We Can Live Without!webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558351056749386610.post-20993805284340820752011-01-01T11:31:50.654-05:002011-01-01T11:31:50.654-05:00Yipes! You were up early! Great blog. I love langu...Yipes! You were up early! Great blog. I love language and, as a former technical writer and non-native English speaker, I have a few of these words myself. Eg, do you know what happened to the word "fewer"? Now it "less mistakes". Argh! And by the way, in southern AZ it is "cowboy up" (never "cowgirl up"), rather than man-up, but you get the drift.Annekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489436512277337741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558351056749386610.post-48446312709131930392011-01-01T08:33:31.824-05:002011-01-01T08:33:31.824-05:00May I add the plural form "freedoms." I...May I add the plural form "freedoms." I don't know why this bothers me, but it does. I am working on an essay called "we already have a word for that." Thanks for the tip.Caroline Benderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551500494780247131noreply@blogger.com