Jack-in-the-box  +  47756 Tue, 28 Sep 04 01:36 PM Is the verb "to advocate" obsolete, or old-fashioned? Jack-in-the-box Joined on Thu, Jul 1 2004 Italy Junior Member 84 A friend in need is a friend indeed! Verbs

	Mister Micawber  +  47764 Tue, 28 Sep 04 02:14 PM I don't see why it would be, Jack. Let's google it: Hmm, most of them seem to be the noun, but after receiving 3,520,000 hits, I wouldn't advocate scrapping the verb just yet. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,788 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Nouns

	rjm  +  51276 Wed, 20 Oct 04 11:13 PM Most likely it has become more of a 'technical' or 'professional' term than a general one, used in legalistic documents and suchlike. In modern British English the use of the word seems to suggest the user has some sort of superior power and if used by someone who doesn't hold that power can seem quite pretentious. rjm Joined on Wed, Oct 20 2004 New Member 08 British English