This is the place where Richard Mateosian comments, sometimes nitpickingly, about questions of writing style, grammar, and vocabulary that occur to him as the words of others impinge upon his consciousness.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Elude vs allude
I never saw this one before. A technical communicator posted to a list: ". . . you eluded to the possibility of . . .."
She meant "alluded." Allude = refer indirectly to. Elude = avoid by clever maneuvering.
Also, if you don't understand a subtle point, you might say that it eludes you.
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