MC wrote:
: Keep in mind that anyone who twice in a paragraph uses "utilize" to
: mean "use" is probably trying to sell you something you neither want
: nor need.

: Yup... If they won't conserve syllables, why should we expect them to conserve anything else?

Yeah, and we all know how scarce syllables are getting nowadays.

Andy Barss (who thinks most style guides are written by pompous idiots)