Misused Words: Radiation, Radioactive

[antoniseb]

I see a lot of people bemoaning the common misuse of words (continually/continuously, there/their/they're, etc).

One pair that I see frequently misused in the media and in conversation is Radiation and Radioactivity.

The difference is fairly simple if you think about it physically:

Radiation is particles or energy that radiate away from a source (

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On another note

[raw_news]

I completely missed it was your birthday TWO WEEKS AGO... Uh... Happy birthday.

Re: On another note

[antoniseb]

Thanks!

No one can comment on raw news, but I appreciate it, especially when I'm out of the country.

[nitesongofafish]

Yes, Happy Birthday.
"Orientate" and "Commentate" make me grind my teeth to the nubs.

[jamiethered]

I agree on all the extraneous "ate"s, "conversate", et al.

My pet peeves are the misuse of then and than, and the practice of referring to people as "that", as in "the person that wrote this".