[Ads-l] grieve, trans.

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, John.The text this time is clear.

JL

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

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> Fred Shapiro mentioned the "file a formal grievance" sense of "grieve" in
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> 011, but I don't think there was any further discussion.  Of course, the
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> D entry for grieve, v., has not been fully updated since 1900.  This sense
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> of "grievance" is also missing from the OED.
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> Modern American dictionaries, such as M-W and AHD, do have definitions for
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> this sense of "grieve."  AHD's usage note says, "More recently, grieve has
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> also come to be used to mean "to file an official or formal grievance."
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> s extended sense does not find favor with the Usage Panel. In 2013, only
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>  percent found its use in this passage acceptable:  _Saradnik was asked to
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> resign as coach following complaints by several parents. Because Saradnik
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> as grieved his dismissal, school officials aren't commenting._  This usage
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> is relatively uncommon outside of the sphere of labor and management
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> es."
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> Of course, the views of a generalist usage panel matter little when it
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> s to a technical usage.  Bryan Garner writes in Garner's Dictionary of
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> l Usage (3d ed. 2011):  "But recently the verb has taken on a new legal
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> ning:  "to bring a grievance for the purpose of protesting."  The
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>  of this sense is not entirely surprising because it is implied by the
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> s _grievable_ and _grievant_.  Stylists are not likely to use the verb,
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>  neither are they likely to succeed in expunging it."  Garner goes on to
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> ote some examples from published legal opinions.
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> The earliest example I see is from 1951, referring to events of 1949:
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> lowing these futile negotiations the parties met again on April 27 [,
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> ] when the Respondent produced another written proposed agreement. . . .
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> ]he Respondent's new proposals added the following new demands:  1.
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> ted the clause guaranteeing employees freedom from discharge except for
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> st cause' and the right to grieve for the abuse thereof . . . ."  NLRB v.
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> art Cotton Mills, 190 F.2d 964, 967 n.2 (4th Cir. 1951).
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> John Baker
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