Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Complimentary and Complementary

Aren't you annoyed by the flurry of all those complimentary everything-and-nothings? What's wrong with just saying it's "free"? Of course, as usual with smart buzz words, for the thick and self-conceit, there's always the risk of mis-use -and this is the raison d'ĂȘtre of this blog.

For this word, the proximity with complementary is just to tempting not to Google for a giggle, for instance in this PDF: on page 4, the first title is interesting :-)

Why this blog?

To most English speakers, it often looks that the wide use of this language results in a world-wide hotchpotch where mis-understanding are common. The purpose of this blog is to clarify which is the proper use of words borrowed but never handed back...

Thursday, January 01, 2004

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