From: utzoo!dciem!mmt Newsgroups: net.flame Title: Re: Death to "utilize" parse date string Article-I.D.: dciem.179 Posted: Thu Feb 17 21:54:34 1983 Received: Thu Feb 17 22:46:15 1983 References: ucbvax.823 Try using the BTL (available) program "diction", which comes in the "Style and Diction" package. It picks up things such as "utilize", so that after a while you no longer write them. You have been "sensitized" to "utilize" the right words.