- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK by Dr Manda Rynne
COMMENCE: At the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, using commence for begin or start is considered a symptom of William F. Buckley Syndrome. We treat this illness at our Alfred Kahn Clinic.
Sufferers also love to use prior to instead of before.
In a government report shown us by Dr. Kahn himself, a bureaucrat with terminal WFB Syndrome wrote, "Eight hours prior to commencement of flight operations."
Kahn wrote back, "Anyone who says that must be very important. Try eight hours before flight time."
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