Exist genuses?

[Murray Fletcher]

Doug Yanega wrote:

> >Nah!  Species is already plural.  The singular is "specie".  I hear that all
> >the time (generally by the same people who say "nucular").
>
> Their are to many people who use spellchecker's, to. It's enough to make
> you loose your mind. I also like the way people can't conjugate any more
> (my over-the-top example: "I'd like to thank you for invitating me here,
> and I hope that what I'll presentate today will get you all orientated
> properly").
>
> Argh.
>

We had a meeting with certain senior managers yesterday and the word "oversight"
was used several times as a verb, viz "This project will be oversighted by....".
The speakers seemed to be blissfully unaware that an oversight is precisely what
the overseeing is designed to avoid.

Murray

PS I am enjoying this thread although I fear we are about to be flamed by someone
for being "off topic".


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Dr Murray J. Fletcher
Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit
NSW Agriculture - OAI
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