RE: [tips] word confusions/language evolution?

2009-08-11 Thread Rick Froman
rl.com/DrFroman -Original Message- From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:00 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] word confusions/language evolution? Dear Tipsters, What do you think about the ubiquitous use

Re: [tips] word confusions/language evolution?

2009-08-11 Thread John Kulig
iginal Message - From: "Stuart McKelvie" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:00:18 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [tips] word confusions/language evolution? Dear Tipsters, What do you think about the ubiquito

RE: [tips] word confusions/language evolution?

2009-08-11 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters, What do you think about the ubiquitous use of "looking to" when it means "hoping to" or "expecting to" "or "wishing to"? It annoys me. Am I an old fuddy-duddy who is not tolerant of one of our "natural" language evolutions or am I correct that there is a perfectly acceptable an