From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!tektronix!tekmdp!bronze!kenr
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: What can be done?
Article-I.D.: bronze.481
Posted: Mon Feb 21 10:58:54 1983
Received: Thu Feb 24 08:45:59 1983
References: uw-june.308



I don't think anything can be done, except to standardize the
English language.  For every incorrect word on the order of
"allegate", "orientate", "administrate", there is a proper word
such as "anticipate", "participate", "exculpate".

I guess birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, people gotta form verbs
from nouns ending in '-ation' by dropping that suffix and adding
'-ate'.

Your pal,
Ken Rhodes

P.S. Anyone wishing to excoriate me (there's another correct '-ate'
verb) may do so at their leisure.