Exercise - operation - Revision history

PeterWilson at 14:21, 14 September 2007

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JoachimNoreiko at 14:08, 6 August 2007

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Ronkus at 19:06, 31 March 2007

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Those with military experience can be irritated by a modern tendency to misuse these words. To the armed forces, an '''exercise''' is a practice, a piece of training. It is often designed to resemble 'the real thing' (war); but a similar action carried out against a real enemy, with soldiers shooting back, is called an '''operation'''. It is what is sometimes called in civilian life a 'dummy run', or a 'trial run'.

So it is a misuse to name the new way of carrying out business, or a new campaign to sell a new product, or the adoption of a new system in the office etc, an <strike>'''exercise</strike>'''. It is a real action. People may get hurt. Therefore it should be called an '''operation'''.

If it were an <u>exercise</u>, it would be merely a practise, with blank ammunition. '''Operation '''Overlord (the code-name for D-Day in 1944) was preceded by many '''exercises''', or practises.

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-Those with military experience can be irritated by a modern tendency to misuse these words. To the armed forces, an '''exercise''' is a practice, a piece of training. It is often designed to resemble 'the real thing' (war); but a similar action carried out against a real enemy, with soldiers shooting back, is called an '''operation'''. It is what is sometimes called in civilian life a 'dummy run', or a 'trial run'.
+Those with military experience can be irritated by a modern tendency to misuse these words. To the armed forces, an '''exercise''' is a practice, a piece of training. It is often designed to resemble 'the real thing' (war); but a similar action carried out against a real enemy, with soldiers shooting back, is called an '''operation'''. The '''exercise''' is what is sometimes called in civilian life a 'dummy run', or a 'trial run'.
 So it is a misuse to name the new way of carrying out business, or a new campaign to sell a new product, or the adoption of a new system in the office etc, an <strike>'''exercise</strike>'''. It is a real action. People may get hurt. Therefore it should be called an '''operation'''.
-If it were an ''exercise'', it would be merely a practise, with blank ammunition. '''Operation '''Overlord (the code-name for D-Day in 1944) was [[precede]]d by many '''exercises''', or practises.
+If it were an ''exercise'', it would be merely a practice, with blank ammunition. '''Operation '''Overlord (the code-name for D-Day in 1944) was [[precede]]d by many '''exercises''', or practices.
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+[[category:Usage errors]]
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	So it is a misuse to name the new way of carrying out business, or a new campaign to sell a new product, or the adoption of a new system in the office etc, an <strike>'''exercise</strike>'''. It is a real action. People may get hurt. Therefore it should be called an '''operation'''.		So it is a misuse to name the new way of carrying out business, or a new campaign to sell a new product, or the adoption of a new system in the office etc, an <strike>'''exercise</strike>'''. It is a real action. People may get hurt. Therefore it should be called an '''operation'''.

−	If it were an ~~<u>~~exercise~~</u>~~, it would be merely a practise, with blank ammunition. '''Operation '''Overlord (the code-name for D-Day in 1944) was ~~preceded~~ by many '''exercises''', or practises.	+	If it were an ''exercise'', it would be merely a practise, with blank ammunition. '''Operation '''Overlord (the code-name for D-Day in 1944) was [[precede]]d by many '''exercises''', or practises.
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		+	[[category:misuses]]
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