memorial sign

[Thomas Paikeday]

How common?

If Google is a good representation of common usage, "in memorial" has
46,600 hits and "in memoriam" 202,000. So the more natural and
grammatical form survives, unlike "memento" 301,000 and "momento"
5,400,000.

Tom Paikeday


"A. Maberry" wrote:
>
> On the outskirts of Seattle there is a very large billboard that reads in
> part:
>
> In memorial September 11, 2001
>
> How common is "In memorial" and is becoming a common substitute for "In
> memoriam" (which sounds far more natural to me)?
>
> allen
> maberry at u.washington.edu