Interpretation
Utilize : This is a puff-word. Since it does nothing that gold old "use" doesn't do, its extra letters and syllables don't make a writer seem smarter.
?The only thing that I failed to interpret in the above sentence is the section underlined. Is anyone there who helps me understand that? (Especially, what makes me puzzle/frustrate is the structure: it does nothing that X does not do)
Top answer
" There is no additional benefit. "Good old" word = a word that is good and old. It means traditional, trusty, and perfectly OK.
- " There is no additional benefit.
- "Good old" word = a word that is good and old.
- It means traditional, trusty, and perfectly OK.
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Since it does nothing that good old "use" doesn't do,
The word "utilize" means exactly the same as the common word "use." It doesn't add anything "extra." There is no additional benefit.
"Good old" word = a word that is good and old. It means traditional, trusty, and perfectly OK.
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It does nothing more / It doesn't add anything
that
X does not already do / X does not already have.
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X already does A, B, and C.
Y does A, B, and C.
So Y does no more than X does. They both do the same things.
There is nothing that Y does that is not already some
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