Crackdown on Download: Questionable Word Usage
Published August 20th, 2008 on Everyone's Blog Posts - Portland Publishers
This morning, I came across the following sentence in a periodical. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
"Heather, Peter, and Amy relax as they download ideas to each other."
No, no, no! They discuss ideas. They share ideas. They do not--under any circumstances--download ideas! (Even if they were computers, someone needs to explain to me how they could download ideas to each other.)
If you have any questions, I direct you to Merriam-Webster Online. See also Dictionary.com.
[Also, crackdown. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crackdown (accessed: August 20, 2008).]