http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286723Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:14:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:286723Yoong Liat0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286723http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-286723.xmlMarius Hancu wrote: Usage is the right word here. Use is only tolerated. See 1c: ------- http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/usage Thanks, Marius, for confirming what CJ told me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286657Sat, 23 May 2009 03:14:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:286657Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286657http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-286657.xmlUsage is the right word here. Use is only tolerated. See 1c: ------- http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/usagehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286566Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:14:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:286566Yoong Liat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286566http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-286566.xmlThanks, CJ, for your reply. I was surprised when someone who claims to an English lecturer told me some time ago it's wrong to use 'wrong usage'. But I referred to a dictionary and found 'correct usage' being used with regard to a word. A few days later, I saw in a book on English, 'wrong usage' used, also in regard to a word.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286451Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:14:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:286451CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htm#286451http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-286451.xmlThey are extremely similar. Most of the time either will do fine. I usually say correct usage , but sometimes I say correct use just to provide some variety. use is, of course, applicable to all sorts of situations outside the discussion of language. usage is less so. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 04:14:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:286442Yoong Liat4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectUsageUse/dhzcj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-286442.xmlCan we say 'correct usage' and 'wrong usage' of a word? Or should 'use' be used instead?