July 6, 2014 Three: Verbing Nouns That man, Frederick W. Lienau, wrote a letter to the managers of the company, making clear his displeasure with the use of the word: “Somewhere there cumbers this fair earth with his loathsome presence a man who, for the common good, should have been destroyed in early childhood. He is the originator of the hideous vulgarism of using ‘contact’ as a verb. So long as we can meet, get in touch with, make the acquaintance of, be introduced to, call on, interview or talk to people, there can be no apology for ‘contact.’” All Excerpts From Shea, Ammon. “Bad English.” Penguin Group, USA, 2014-06-03. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
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