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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

in my inaccessable memory is a formal definition of the misuse of a word or phrase. help!

the subject states the question.

english teachers help please, my rapidly detiorating 40 year old brain beseecheth thee.....
  

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Please make your question more specific. I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you want to know. Sorry.

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Please make your question more specific. I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you want to know. Sorry.
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Hi,
Do you have some special kind of misuse in mind, that would not be covered by simply saying, for example, 'an inappropriate choice of words'?

I wonder if you are thinking of something like a 'malapropism'?

Can you provide an example of some kind?

Best wishes, Clive
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CliveHi,
Do you have some special kind of misuse in mind, that would not be covered by simply saying, for example, 'an inappropriate choice of words'?

I wonder if you are thinking of something like a 'malapropism'?

Can you provide an example of some kind?

Best wishes, Clive


BINGO!

thanks clive.
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