[Magdalen] New to Me.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I've seen that term used a number of times.

Mildly surprised the self appointed language police have not focused on
"hopefully," since there's actually something of a legitimate issue there.

Oh yeah. imho.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just now in a radio interview I heard a woman say that a certain action
> would 'incentivize' consumers to do something.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 10/15/2015 10:58 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
>
>> I think it might work metaphorically, as in "Her parting words to him
>> were deliciously sarcastic."
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> An ad for food on USA television used the word "deliciously."
>>>
>>> I think the sentence was something like "They ate deliciously."
>>>
>>> A bell went off for me.  I realize I really do not use this adverb,  but
>>> a rush to the handy on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary proves
>>> that deliciously is a bona fide word.
>>>
>>> I can't for the life of me put the word into a sentence that sounds
>>> right.
>>>
>>> I would tend to employ the adjective or noun versions and avoid
>>> deliciously entirely.
>>>
>>> YMMV.
>>>
>>>
>>> David Strang.
>>>
>> .
>>
>>
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