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Fri 15 Apr, 2016 12:26 pm
A cover letter recently came across my desk with the phrase:
"My love of winning is only outweighed by my detest for losing. "
Is this a proper use of the word detest? I think the answer is no, but my colleagues disagree.
Please help, a beer is on the line!
@JWare,
I think the beer is yours.
@JWare,
Perhaps someone has remembered or transcribed it wrong? How about this: could the word actually be
distaste?
as in ...
"My love of winning is only outweighed by my distaste for losing. "
Which could be a commonly used expression in English.
I agree with Ragman, given that we have a distaste for something, and a detestation of something.
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