Both Uses of
detest
in
Do You Speak American?
- 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 1detest = dislike intensely
- On the other hand, there's American populism and a desire not to be stuffy, not to be too correct—they detest too much correctness.†
Chpt 3 *