Comments on: Civil Liberties and Civic Duties http://www.dailywritingtips.com/civil-liberties-and-civic-duties/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Dottie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/civil-liberties-and-civic-duties/comment-page-1/#comment-109863 Dottie Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:39:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2023#comment-109863 I have never understood the term 'Civil" War... I have never understood the term ‘Civil” War…

]]> By: b2j2 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/civil-liberties-and-civic-duties/comment-page-1/#comment-109369 b2j2 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:46:23 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2023#comment-109369 As a civil engineer I tell people that I try to be polite. "Civil" engineering came into use to distinguish from "military" engineering. As a civil engineer I tell people that I try to be polite.

“Civil” engineering came into use to distinguish from “military” engineering.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/civil-liberties-and-civic-duties/comment-page-1/#comment-109332 Ellen Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:16:25 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2023#comment-109332 A report in the print edition of Newsweek last week used "discomforted" in place of "discomfited." Kind of the same misuse of words as civil and civic in that the use I object to (great phrase) is not strictly wrong, but certainly not correct if you want the reader to understand your meaning. Sometimes I despair ... A report in the print edition of Newsweek last week used “discomforted” in place of “discomfited.” Kind of the same misuse of words as civil and civic in that the use I object to (great phrase) is not strictly wrong, but certainly not correct if you want the reader to understand your meaning.

Sometimes I despair …

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