It was one of her three usage quirks. The other two were that "new" referred to a replacement item, whereas an innovative technology was "novel", and...um...it's been 30 years, and I forget the third. I disagreed then and now with her on "new/novel", though since this was technical writing, I understand why whe wanted to increase precision. I've gone back and forth on "employ" over the years, but tend to follow her rule. Old habits die hard! :-)
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Date: 2011-07-14 02:51 pm (UTC)