All 3 Uses of
deplore
in
Do You Speak American?
- In every generation there are people who deplore changes in the language and many who wish to stop its flow.†
Chpt Intr.deplore = strongly dislike or regret
- If you cringe when someone says between you and I; bristle at the word hopefully; detest prioritize; if you cherish the distinction between disinterested and uninterested and deplore their being treated as synonyms; if you wonder what's happened to education when you hear criteria used as a singular—then you are probably part of the large body of Americans who feel our language is in a state of serious decline.†
Chpt 1
- As people got older, they used to grow out of their youthful slang and start deploring the language of the next generation.†
Chpt 1 *deploring = strongly disliking or regretting