Writing with Style: the Economist Guide: The Economist Guide by Lane Greene

Author:Lane Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2023-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

inchoate

Inchoate means not yet fully developed. It is not the same as incoherent or (despite the deceptively similar spelling) chaotic.

indicted

Be careful. Someone you are tempted to call an indicted war criminal may be acquitted, and in that case, legally no war criminal at all—a fact that his libel lawyers may soon remind us of. Prefer indicted for war crimes.

individual

Used occasionally, the noun individual can be a useful colloquial term for chap or bloke or guy. “In a corner, Parker, a grave, lean individual, bent over the chafing-dish, in which he was preparing for his employer and his guest their simple lunch” (P.G. Wodehouse).

Used indiscriminately for person or, in the plural, people, it becomes bureaucratic. “Individuals desiring to function as operators using instruments listed under paragraph (A)(3) of rule 3701-53-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to the director of health for permits on forms prescribed and provided by the director of health” (Ohio Department of Health).

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