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Re: Everyday [was: Style question: "war dial" vs. "wardial" vs. "war-dial"]

Subject: Re: Everyday [was: Style question: "war dial" vs. "wardial" vs. "war-dial"]
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- alltel -dot- net>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 06:48:50 -0500

I think that correct vocabulary and grammar are now seen by some
as a disease. My resume (or CV if you prefer) is correct. I've
been told by friends on the fringes of the Human Resources business
that it's TOO correct, and that this is why it'll never make it through
HR to the hiring managers. Indeed, I've not had a job interview in
quite some time, even when I'm an obvious exact match for an
advertised job.

Here's my new resume:

EVERYDAY LOW PRICE'S!!! -- BY 3 GET 1 FREE! -- 12 ITEMS OR LESS

TECDHNICALE WIRTER SEEK'S EMPOLYMENT. SEVARAL YEAR'S EXPERIENSE.
WRITING MANUELS AND HHELP SYSTEM'S PLEASE CALL TOADY I NEED WORK!

--Peter


On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:12:53 +0000, Brian Barker <b -dot- m -dot- barker -at- btinternet -dot- com> wrote:


At 17:17 04/02/2004, Goldstein, Dan wrote:

The BBC reported today that, "the number of copies of the virus being caught everyday are swiftly diminishing."
This adverbial usage of "everyday" would be considered incorrect in the US. Is it correct in the UK?

No, but it's annoyingly common. I'm often amused when I see it in advertising, where the point of the word is that the service or whatever is offered or available on all days. The effect on me is different: that the service is "everyday" in the sense of commonplace, ordinary, unspectacular - hardly what the advertiser intends.

Brian Barker (London, UK)




References:
RE: Style question: "war dial" vs. "wardial" vs. "war-dial": From: Goldstein, Dan
RE: Everyday [was: Style question: "war dial" vs. "wardial" vs. "war-dial"]: From: Brian Barker

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