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Show 1 HOW DO YCU SAY IT? S . Ey C. N. Lurie g ?z s Common Errors in English and y j How to Avo.d Them jv TO "ENTHUSE." THE verb "enthuse" or "enthuse over," used frequently In recent years, and especially in newspaper ! headlines (its shurrness giving the ! hurried headline writer a word easily ! sul'istiuired for "to become enthusiastic enthusias-tic over") is nor good English. Indeed, In-deed, some writers cail it slang: and nil writers on good English agree in calling it a vulgarism. One authority says. "The word is unknown to good usage." This word, like many others of recent re-cent growth, may become in time part of the English language, and be recognized recog-nized as good English. But it has no historical or etymological authority, and should be avoided by anyone who wishes ro speak and write .correctly. It is the duty of all who have inherited inher-ited the English language to try, at least, to preserve its purity. ,, One should not say. "She does not enthuse me." or "she does not enthuse." en-thuse." For these, substitute "She does not arouse any enthusiasm in me," and "She is not enthusiastic." (Copyright ) |