penang wrote:
>
> The following is the result of an online search, please update me if
> there are any errors, or if there's anything that I've missed -
>
> abjured
> absolved
> abused
[snip remainder of huge list]
First, your list is of words in the past tense. "Say" is in the
present tense. You've listed hundreds of pur****ted synonynms for
"said," not "say."
Second, I doubt that you'll find anyone, even in AUE, obsessive enough
to go through your list in the hope of improving it.
Third, these words aren't just "different ways" of saying "said."
Almost every one carries a nuance misseing from "said," which is
conspicuously neutral in this company.
If you'd tell us why you're doing this, someone might be able to
help. As things stand, I doubt you'll get any useful responses.
--
Bob Lieblich
Trying to remember to sig
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