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).