Endeavour: Difference between revisions

To [[endeavour]] is a [[verb]] that illustrates the practical problem being a plain English fanatic. It is a silly word. It is long, archaic, and its alternative — to [[try]] — is better in every way that a Plain Englishman cares about: Shorter, more idiomatic, plainer, less fussy. But therein lies the problem: [[try]] slices cleanly through the semantic murk that [[endeavour]] so skillfully stirs up, and makes plain something the draftsman rather hoped to cover up: That his client’s convenant is barely worth the paper it is written on.