Dear Mr. D:

You wrote:

> Dear English+
>
> During my brief visit to your excellent site I didn’t see mention of the
> abused word ANTICIPATE – frequently used as a synonym for ‘expect’.
>
> Would this be worthy of a mention?
>
> Regards
>
>JD
>
Good point. However, the most recent dictionaries including the Random House and Merriam-Webster have decided that this one is no longer worth quibbling over. Blame Carly Simon or someone else, but that meaning has entered the language in common use to be recognized as an alternate definition of the word. This is a fight we have surrendered and there does not appear to be a big problem with misunderstanding.