Nov 26, 2015 · 1 Assign is typically a verb. Only in legal writing do we see it used as a noun, meaning "the entity to which something is assigned," and usually as part of a "successors and assigns" …

Feb 28, 2012 · Divest comes to my mind: (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice). You shall never divest me of my right to …

Dec 21, 2011 · In writing, when should one use the abbreviation vs. as opposed to the full versus? This abbreviation seems to have special status from common usage. What is the origin of that, and in …

Dec 5, 2010 · "Delegated" carries with it the connotation that one is acting as a representative of a superior in carrying out a task. "Assigned" merely means told to do a task. If I were your superior, I …

May 19, 2014 · 3 Many years ago I translated a document and wrote "he was assigned to an operation" (context: hospital operation, the assignee is undergoing one). An English professor who volunteered …

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Jan 25, 2014 · Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

Q&A for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts

By the way, if the assignor is your boss, the "consideration" (the agreed-upon reward) is that you get to keep your job, and your boss gets a completed assignment, which is his reward. Again, in legal …

Apr 15, 2017 · 3 I checked Garner's Modern American Usage; although BG doesn't address free of vs. free from, he writes that the distinction between freedom of and freedom from is that the former …