Avon CEO Andrea Jung Under Fire
Avon
CEO Andrea Jung is fast losing her luster as a string of gaffes raises
questions about her management skills. On Thursday, Avon stock sank
18% as it disclosed SEC inquiries and withdrew its sales forecast.
"Really, is this the way an educated attorney speaks?" demands Eve Suffin, of Holden, Mass. Fitzgerald's clear abuse of the subjunctive would invites a charge of "aggravated solecism." He confused the past tense of the irregular verb to go - that is, went - with the past participle, gone. The subjunctive mood with its iffy "would have" takes the past participle of the verb, not the simpsolecism, le past; therefore, "would have gone" is correct and "would have went" is mistaken. --Nobody's Perfect By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Nike Says It's Sorry For "Black and Tan" Naming Gaffe
The shoemaker apologizes for sneakers that share a name with British forces accused of murdering Irish citizens.
| substandard | (adjective) Falling short of some prescribed norm. |
| Synonyms: | deficient, inferior |
| Usage: | Substandard housing endangers the welfare of residents. |
gaffe[gaffe]
- 発音記号[gǽf]
solecism
n.
- A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction.
- A violation of etiquette.
- An impropriety, mistake, or incongruity.
[Latin soloecismus, from Greek soloikismos, from soloikizein, to speak incorrectly, from soloikos, speaking incorrectly, after Soloi (Soli), an Athenian colony in Cilicia where a dialect regarded as substandard was spoken.]
solecist sol'e·cist n.solecistic sol'e·cis'tic adj.
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