LOOSE ENDS: Careful communication

Using nouns as verbs and verbs as adjectives are only two of the glaring changes in the English language. In a tense and highly-charged presidential election year, one word of choice that continues to be popular now is overwhelm. Previously it merely was used as a description of a feeling, such as someone describing their inability to move forward or take action. One might say “I am overwhelmed.” The use of this word these days…