Timeline for Is 'disinstruct' or 'de-instruct' legitimate usage?
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| Feb 28, 2021 at 13:51 | comment | added | Chris | Be your own Shakespeare. "Pleaded" is the convention today. It used to be 'Pled.' Words are conventions. Many modern words/phrases can be traced back to their first appearance in print/media. 'Dismiss' or 'fire' are current convention. 'Deinstruct' conveys the closest meaning to the concept of letting a lawyer go. In conjunction with 'instruct', prefix "de" is more "remove". "Dis" is more "reverse". Disinstruct comes closer to the concept of 'intentionally teaching something false.' Compare to 'diseducate,' also not a current English convention, but could easily be understood to mean the same. | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 14:36 | comment | added | Lambie | Dismiss is rather old fashioned, and applies to certain positions where the individual is a full-time employee. Not someone whose services one retains. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 16:29 | comment | added | user49727 | Agreed. Hence the question. And I was quite surprised that this word has not entered common usage given the omnipresence of solicitors and estate agents. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 14:20 | comment | added | Barrie England | The absence of a word from the dictionaries doesn't mean you can't use it. You must apply your own judgement. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 14:17 | comment | added | user49727 | That's good to know - googling however does produce a surprising number of results given the complete absence in reference works. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 11:21 | history | answered | Barrie England | CC BY-SA 3.0 |