PeterLucas wrote:
> Blinky the Shark > wrote in
> :
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> PeterLucas wrote:
>>>> Blinky the Shark > wrote in
>>>> :
>>>>
>>>>> PeterLucas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> They were on last night and we sat there with a glass of wine
>>>>>> salivating.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know much about wines. Which ones salivate?
>>>>
>>>> Ho-hum.
>>>
>>> Adverse to a little good-natured fun, eh? Sad. Carry on with that
> nap.
>>
>> Should've been *averse*. My own typo. Grrrrrr.
>>
>> Oops! No fun allowed. I forgot!
>>
>> I really mean "Ho-hum."
>>
>>
>
> Word Usage
>
> adverse or averse?
>
> Both words mean "opposed" in different ways. Adverse is normally used
> before an abstract noun such as circumstances or conditions when they
> are unfavorable or likely to cause difficulties: An adverse action was
> filed against him. Averse describes people who are disinclined to do
> something or have a strong dislike specified by the word that follows
> to: As an actor he is not averse to publicity. Averse is never used
> before a noun, as adverse normally is, and is most often accompanied
> by not.

Yes, I knew I meant "averse" as soon as I saw "adverse" in my post.

That's why I corrected it.

Er...

Ho-hum.

That said, what's the source of that usage blurb. I might like to
bookmark it along with my other language stuff, if it's from a
collection of usage guides (rather than just one within a dictionary
entry for one of the two words).


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