| Your daily usage tip hot off the press. | | | | hypostatize /hi-pos-tә-tiz/ (= to make an idea into, or to regard it as, a self-existent substance or person) has been standard since the early 19th century. *Hypostasize is a needless variant.
| Current ratio in books (hypostatized vs. *hypostasized): 2:1 | Quotation of the Day: "[F]atalism about language cannot be the philosophy of those who care about language; it is the illogical philosophy of their opponents. Surely the notion that, because usage is ultimately what everybody does to words, nobody can or should do anything about them is self-contradictory. Somebody, by definition, does something; and this something is best done by those with convictions and a stake in the outcome, whether the stake of private pleasure or of professional duty does not matter. Resistance always begins with individuals.” | | | | | Bryan Garner's Writing Seminars: Come see what Garner has to offer at www.lawprose.org. View the new Garner's Modern English Usage and other Garner books here. For a guide to the Language-Change Index, click here. Never miss a tweet from Garner on Twitter. Follow @BryanAGarner. Watch Bryan Garner's YouTube videos. | By subscribing to this service, you agree to notifications of Bryan Garner's seminars. | | Copyright © 2016 LawProse, All rights reserved. | Our mailing address is: 14180 Dallas Parkway, Suite 280, Dallas, TX 75254 info@lawprose.org www.lawprose.org | | | | | |