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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      I hate that phones are making people less literate.

      At least spelling is greatly improved and eubonic and other creative spellings are becoming less main stream

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      • RojoLocoR
        RojoLoco @MattSpeller
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        @MattSpeller said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        I hate that phones are making people less literate.

        At least spelling is greatly improved and eubonic and other creative spellings are becoming less main stream

        All that progress has been trumped by the fact that you can teach your phone to use incorrect spellings for auto correct. Most people wouldn't know a spelling error if you slapped them with it.

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre
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          There, Their, and They're... Oh, my!
          You, Yours, You're... I think I'll go cry.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            In case this one isn't in the dictionary it really needs to be attritioning. I use that one constantly.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller May I have that word in a sentence? lol.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                @dafyre said:

                @scottalanmiller May I have that word in a sentence? lol.

                I actually use it regularly.

                A common one is: The company is losing staff rapidly, they are attritioning out.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @dafyre said:

                  @scottalanmiller May I have that word in a sentence? lol.

                  I actually use it regularly.

                  A common one is: The company is losing staff rapidly, they are attritioning out.

                  Just saw it in another thread, lol. Thanks for that. 8-)

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Ha ha, I thought that it was on here somewhere that I had said it 🙂

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                    • art_of_shredA
                      art_of_shred
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                      I think that's one of those words that, when used properly, would be hyphenated. Attrition-ing. That's how one normally turns a noun into a verb-like word when it doesn't really exist in the common vernacular as a verb.

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                      • nadnerBN
                        nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Localest - Being the most local, having the greatest locality, the closest or nearest to something.

                        That's just grammar bad.

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                        • nadnerBN
                          nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          In case this one isn't in the dictionary it really needs to be attritioning. I use that one constantly.

                          Moar grammar bad.
                          It sounds more like attributing the way it's written.
                           
                          Attrition is a process.
                          We are winning the war by attrition
                          NOT
                          We are winning the war by attritioning the enemy
                           
                          The addition of ing doesn't always make sense even though it sounds passable.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                            @nadnerB said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Localest - Being the most local, having the greatest locality, the closest or nearest to something.

                            That's just grammar bad.

                            Is it? Making a most local is not really different from long having one for most close.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @nadnerB
                              last edited by

                              @nadnerB said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              In case this one isn't in the dictionary it really needs to be attritioning. I use that one constantly.

                              Moar grammar bad.
                              It sounds more like attributing the way it's written.
                               
                              Attrition is a process.
                              We are winning the war by attrition
                              NOT
                              We are winning the war by attritioning the enemy
                               
                              The addition of ing doesn't always make sense even though it sounds passable.

                              Attrioning is a common verb in business, though. The reason that your example sounds wrong is because it is used incorrectly, not because the word isn't useful. You can't make someone else attrition realistically so it sounds strange. Try it like this...

                              We are losing the war due to the rate of our troops attritioning.

                              Or...
                              Our company is failing because our staff is attritioning too quickly.

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                              • nadnerBN
                                nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Attrioning is a common verb in business, though.
                                The reason that your example sounds wrong is because it is used incorrectly, not because the word isn't useful.

                                No. My example is correct use of the word.

                                You can't make someone else attrition realistically so it sounds strange. Try it like this...

                                We are losing the war due to the rate of our troops attritioning.

                                Or...
                                Our company is failing because our staff is attritioning too quickly.

                                Hmmm, no. Attrition is a noun. ing CAN be used to turn nouns into adjectives but in this case, it doesn't make sense.

                                http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attrition

                                Attrition - noun

                                1. a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength:
                                  Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
                                2. a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment:
                                  The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.
                                3. a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced.
                                4. the act of rubbing against something; friction.
                                5. a wearing down or away by friction; abrasion.
                                  Also, here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attrition

                                ing
                                Definition of -ING

                                1: action or process <running> <sleeping> : instance of an action or process <a meeting>
                                2a : product or result of an action or process <an engraving> —often in plural <earnings>
                                b : something used in an action or process <a bed covering> <the lining of a coat>
                                3: action or process connected with (a specified thing) <boating>
                                4: something connected with, consisting of, or used in making (a specified thing) <scaffolding> <shirting>
                                5: something related to (a specified concept) <offing>

                                Honestly, I don't think that the word has been understood by those business bods. If the word doesn't fit, restructure the sentence. Don't bolt on suffixes like accessories (That's something that a certain "cloud" provider would do to make their "service" sound like something).

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                                • nadnerBN
                                  nadnerB @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  Is it? Making a most local is not really different from long having one for most close.

                                  Yes, it is.
                                  Local refers to area/neighbourhood.
                                  Close refers to distance.
                                  One is general, the other is specific.

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                                  • nadnerBN
                                    nadnerB
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                                    Regarding your acceptance of the word attritioning/the origin to you, who said it?
                                    Was it someone that you hold in high regard (or someones) or something that you have just picked up from around the place?
                                     
                                    Why do I ask? Well, if it's someone that you hold in high regard, then I don't think that I'll be able to convince you.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                                      @nadnerB said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Is it? Making a most local is not really different from long having one for most close.

                                      Yes, it is.
                                      Local refers to area/neighbourhood.
                                      Close refers to distance.
                                      One is general, the other is specific.

                                      Sure, but why should one have one form and the other not be given the same form? Why does the factor that you mention have an impact on the formation of the superlative?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                                        @nadnerB said:

                                        Hmmm, no. Attrition is a noun. ing CAN be used to turn nouns into adjectives but in this case, it doesn't make sense.

                                        It what way does it not make sense? I understand that not all nouns can simply become verbs, but when one has entered common usage with a clear meaning - what makes it not make sense?

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                                          @nadnerB said:

                                          It sounds more like attributing the way it's written.

                                          Does attrition sound like attribute? If those two are not a problem, why do their verb forms become a problem? I don't see how they are even close.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                                            @nadnerB said:

                                            No. My example is correct use of the word.

                                            No, because you can't make someone attrition. You could say "We are winning the war by means of the attritioning of the enemy's troops."

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