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Old 10-23-2007, 12:35 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by alltherage View Post
What? Explain? Utilize is a perfectly good word. It means "To make use of".
"Our application utilizes the latest technology..."

"Our application uses the latest technology..."

Explain the difference please.

The only valid argument is that "utilize" somehow relates to the employment of things more then "use". Which then I would ask, why not just use the word "employ".

"Utilize" is a redundant word used by people to sound smarter then they actually are.

/rant
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