Friday, January 4, 2019

Words, their meaning and usage

On RTE Radio 1's Drivetime today NTA's CEO Anne Graham said: "... putting in place new fleet."

And during the interview she kept talking about 'new fleet', when she meant adding vehicles to the various public transport fleets.

It all sounded odd but dictionary definition of the word fleet is ambiguous

Words are indeed funny things.

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