July 15th, 2005
Weasel Words
This has been bugging me for YEARS! Thank goodness I’m not the only one with this pet-peave. 🙂 :
Email: ‘The word ’email’ or its variants such as ‘e-mail’ properly describes a system of communication electronically. It does not denote a message. So “I sent you an email” should more properly be “I sent you an email message.” One sees this misuse very frequently in business correspondence and informal discussions. Its use reveals lazy thinking on the part of its users.