From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!ritcv!mjl Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: diction and all that/which Article-I.D.: ritcv.162 Posted: Thu Mar 10 20:03:30 1983 Received: Sat Mar 12 04:30:35 1983 References: cornell.4085 Ok, I'll enter the fray. I find `diction' useful, even though it often complains about phrases I think are appropriate. I view it as a tool to detect questionable usage, rather than an automated Miss Grundy giving me electronic raps on the knuckles. As such, it has often kept me from slipping into educationalese, computerese, and all the other "ese's" that confuse rather than enlighten. Eschewing obfuscation, Mike Lutz ucbvax!allegra!rochester!ritcv!mjl P.S. I wonder what William Safire would think of diction (or, for that matter, net.nlang).