Photo is from Mr Yawning Bread website
Huimin told me the yawningbread guy got blog about “usage” and “use”. She check with her old English professor who said most dictionaries say both words are interchangeable. (Wah. Big word leh. I had to practice saying it 10 times lor.) Anyway, Huimin also got do her own research using FOUR different dictionaries (so smart right? My home don’t even have half a dictionary.) They all say can use “usage” what. It’s about how a word is used in a language mah. I think “use” sounds nicer though. More simple. I told Huimin and she said I’m also correct. So we’re both correct? See what I mean? Why English so confusing one.
[...] Boon told me about his dilemma over Use versus Usage recently. I had a feeling that both were fine but I had to email my English lecturer about this and go through four dictionaries, just to be sure. From my English lecturer: [...]