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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: utilize #144362 06/23/05 10:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Just a note on the 99 posts thing. At post 100 it starts a new thread, BUT, the number of posts listed is the number of replies, so the number to watch for under the Replies heading is really 98. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: utilize #144363 06/24/05 02:47 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky old beta tester Hmm--and just which word does 'old' modify, eh? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: utilize #144364 06/24/05 10:21 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 which word does 'old' modify, eh? Metacontext, Jackie, metacontext. There are no old betas. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: no old betas #144365 06/24/05 01:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky But, but--in this instance, shouldn't you have put betacontext...? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: utilize #144366 06/24/05 02:58 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >There are no old betas. maybe. the Google News logo has been marked BETA for at least a couple of years. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: utilize #144367 06/27/05 01:24 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada I think utilize goes a little farther, it implies using something to its fullest extent? I understand it to mean "to use something for a purpose for which it was not originally intended". My favourite example is that I use a garlic press in the kitchen, but I also utilize one in the studio to shape clay. As for your thought, AnnaS, I once suggested to a fellow who told me this same definition: "So if someone has sex with you once, you've been used, but if they have sex with you three times, you've been utilized?" He didn't get it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: utilize #144368 06/27/05 02:39 PM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 124 Rainmaker OP member OP Rainmaker member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 124 In reply to: I think utilize goes a little farther, it implies using something to its fullest extent? I understand it to mean "to use something for a purpose for which it was not originally intended" Ah, then if these be true, I stand by my original thoughts - that utilize is excessively used - and is, in fact, utilized (for which it was not intended). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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