considered | concerted effort

[Tom Zurinskas]

It's always been "concerted effort" effort as a standard phrase as far as I
know.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
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>From: James Knight <jlk at INTERISLAND.NET>
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>Subject: considered | concerted effort
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:16:27 -0800
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>In today's LA Times, quoting Gen. WB Caldwell on the increased number
>of attacks on US forces:
>
>"There has been a much more considered effort to specifically target
>coalition and Iraqi security forces,"
>
>"considered effort" is everywhere (not, however in the ECDB or ADS-L
>archives, as far as I can tell) going as far back as my meager
>resources would indicate (1980). Does anyone have an early cite?
>
>Excluding exx using "ill-considered..." and "well-considered...", I'd
>guess "considered effort" is an easy slip for "concerted effort". Or
>do we assume users actually intended the shift.
>
>-James K. (not a trained lexicographer, but long time lurker on this list)
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