isn't that just pronunciation, though, for "laid" ?
No, because people write it like that.
'Pacifically' when they mean 'specifically' is another.
isn't that just pronunciation, though, for "laid" ?
It's an expression with a specifically understood meaning in legal and commercial matters though. It means, as you say, applying the level of diligence that is due (to the task at hand) but it's become a legal shorthand, because the task at hand may encompass a great many different things, such as:Yup, but they're doing something else which amounts to having applied the due amount of diligence to it.
Nobody can show an example of someone "doing diligence" or "diligence-ing" - it has no meaning, whether it's the due amount of it or not.
You have to do something in a diligent manner.
You get a lot of these where people use the wrong word, because they've never seen it written down and have misheard it.No, because people write it like that.
'Pacifically' when they mean 'specifically' is another.
It's an expression with a specifically understood meaning in legal and commercial matters though..
"due diligence" is another. "We did our due diligence". No you didn't. You did some stuff in a diligent manner, applying an appropriate amount of diligence to it.
No, because people write it like that.
Although, to be fair, in my world, it does have a specific meaning. We are frequently called upon to participate in it in the case of a company takeover, e.g. to make sure that an apparently valuable patent is not the subject of a lawsuit that could invalidate it and thus render it of no value.
You get a lot of these where people use the wrong word, because they've never seen it written down and have misheard it.
You get a lot of these where people use the wrong word, because they've never seen it written down and have misheard it.
It's an expression with a specifically understood meaning in legal and commercial matters though. It means, as you say, applying the level of diligence that is due (to the task at hand) but it's become a legal shorthand ...
You get a lot of these where people use the wrong word, because they've never seen it written down and have misheard it.
I'm never sure whether the 'correct' expression is 'off his own bat' or 'off his own back' for example (though I favour the former and most people seem to use the latter).
All management speak and constant use of acronyms and abbreviations, drives me mad it does.
And it's exceedingly irritating.It's an expression with a specifically understood meaning in legal and commercial matters though. It means, as you say, applying the level of diligence that is due (to the task at hand) but it's become a legal shorthand, because the task at hand may encompass a great many different things, such as:
confirming identity; verifying claims as to creditworthiness, or lack of criminal record; ensuring the product valuation is valid; and, and...
'Doing the due diligence' is just shorthand for doing the checks that need doing in any given circumstance.
Definitely "bat" as in cricket, probably. Like sticky wickets and queered pitches. Ah, by the way, anyone know if there is a link between Google and googlie/googly?
Bob,
It’s part of Auld Lang Syne, that thing-age you sing-age on New Year’s Eve.
Joe