Comments on: Department of Energy – Lost Its Way!

By: Ursinos

Ursinos — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:11:27 +0000

Daring, Sara was commenting on the original post, not the comment.

In the 4th paragraph he used lesson, not lessen.

By: Daring

Daring — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:51:16 +0000

Is there still a process in place that allow “We the people” to correct this insanity?

Oh, and just a note, the word used by Just Stupid was lessEn, not lessOn, and it is absolutely correct in this context. I certainly hope Sara is NOT a teacher! Yikes! No wonder we have rampant nonsense governmental machines wringing us dry, we don’t pay very close attention to anything! WAKE UP, AMERICA! Let us LESSEN our pain and take back our rights!

Thesaurus: lessen
verb
To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off). See increase/decrease.
To make less severe or more bearable: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lighten2, mitigate, palliate, relieve. See increase/decrease.

By: Just Stupid

Just Stupid — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:56:37 +0000

Sara – you must be a teacher. Thanks for pointing out our mistake. Do you have a blog we can read?

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:21:50 +0000

What I think is stupid is that native English speakers don’t learn to speak or write their own language correctly. Lesson is a noun and is something that one teaches; lessen means to reduce. We can’t “lesson” our dependence on foreign oil!

By: Nathan Callahan

Nathan Callahan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:53:51 +0000

After the gas shortages of the early 1970s, Carter established the department of energy to help promote alternative sources of fuel and lessen America’s dependency on oil. Four years later, Ronald Reagan was elected president, loaded the department with pro-oil lobbyists and stripe away alternative fuel incentives. Today we’re spending $2 billion a week fighting a war to feed our gas habit. This is just stupid.