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On 04/29/2014 05:49 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Regular readers* will know... |
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> * Off-topic note for American readers: as far as I'm concerned, "regular" |
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> does not mean "ordinary". That neologism is even polluting our high streets |
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> over here. |
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I've used both of those words all my life but never looked them up in a dictionary. |
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Until today, of course: |
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A thing is ordinary when it is apt to come round in the regular common order or |
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succession of events. |
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[1913 Webster] |
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Can you give us an example of how we misuse the word "regular"? (a word I don't |
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ordinarily use ;) |
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