[samaspire]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

From best to worst: 2, 3, 1.

Physical features of the product may be affected by processing season, but its efficacy is unchanged.

This might work.
What if I use 'remains' instead of 'is'?


This product's appearance may change according to season, but it will always work the same.

This might not, as this is a disclaimer printed on medicine containers.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by samaspire

This might work.
What if I use 'remains' instead of 'is'?

Works for me!

this is a disclaimer printed on medicine containers.

Ahh, ok, then the wording has to be tight and right.

[adisan]

Originally Posted by meerkat

-- I am surprised you didn't realize it post reading her article! :-)

Having read the article, "after" could have been used instead of "post" here.

[meerkat]

Oh, could it? That "post" was used in the context of this thread. Perhaps I should have italicised it for easier comprehension!
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[dailydriver]

Can overlook and oversee be used interchangeably?

In the below text, is the word overlooked used correctly or should/could it have been substituted by overseen?



Source: TeamBhp

[mayankk]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

Can overlook and oversee be used interchangeably?

In the below text, is the word overlooked used correctly or should/could it have been substituted by overseen?

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Source: TeamBhp

I believe they can't be, since they're polar opposites, almost, kind of like hard working and hardly working.

Ps: checking the brand, however, it seems he will go on and overlook things in India.

[binand]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

Can overlook and oversee be used interchangeably?

Merriam-Webster has:

overlook (v.t.): oversee, superintend - "The chaperones will overlook the students' behavior on the field trip."

My son's Concise Oxford also has:

overlook (v): supervise

(along with other meanings of the word).

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

Can overlook and oversee be used interchangeably?

No. But, sadly, they often are. One of many degradations of language.

Originally Posted by binand

Merriam-Webster has:

Is it another American import? Perhaps we should just shrug and say, I could care less.

[binand]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Is it another American import?

No, I gave an American and a British dictionary entries. In fact the overlooker = supervisor usage is Britain-specific apparently?

There is also this article:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...look-contronym

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

No. But, sadly, they often are.

So, this No seems wrong.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by binand

No, I gave an American and a British dictionary entries. ... ... ... So, this No seems wrong.

OK, OK, I took The Big Book down from the shelf (The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, in two volumes.) It's a 1964 edition, so I consult it in the what words used to mean sense. It agrees that definitions of overlook include supervision.

I'll check out Fowler's English Usage.

By the way, my late cousin's luxury hotel* had this as a slogan: We overlook nothing but the lake. . A nice pun on two of the meanings. My cousin was more than ten years older than me, and much, much posher and better-educated.

In the same group of words is oversight. I would define that as omission, etc, but it is also used for supervision.



*Sadly, the family sold it after his death and I can't afford the experience as a paying customer!

[tilt]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

*SNIP*

Perhaps we should just shrug and say, I could care less.

Heheheheheheh I see what you did there!

Cheers

[Arsenic]

Simple typos can be pretty funny. Here's one on major Chinese automaker Foton's global site:



EDIT: I then found another humorous typo for ‘fossil’ on the same site:

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

One of many degradations of language

In a photo taken at Hunstanton Beach, UK (any memories?), I couldn't overlook the fact that the native users of English too are troubled by a punctuation - or the lack of it!

[binand]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

I couldn't overlook the fact that the native users of English too are troubled by a punctuation - or the lack of it!

In the UK the unit of length should be metre and not meter, right?

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by binand

In the UK the unit of length should be metre and not meter, right?

That, and the random (non) use of capital letters.

But just as there are hordes of local lingo hoardings with horrible and at times silly spellings in our own neighborhoods, it is but natural that there be a few similar ones in the English land too!