True.
You assume as true the point you are trying to prove.
My physics class is boring because it’s not interesting.
My foot pains me because it hurts.
Stuff like that.
I have heard this word when I was in my 20s (in the 1980s). I wonder if it was in a popular song or something of the time and caught on?
I’ve been hearing conversate, and similarly orientate, for a number of years now. Yes, I think they’re annoying, not so much because they’re incorrect, but because they’re unnecessary. I can understand where the error came from, but I think some people use them because of some idea that bigger words come across as more intelligent, so saying “conversate” instead of “converse” or even “talk to” makes people feel like they’re presenting themselves better. It seems like a phenomenon not too dissimilar from people saying stuff like “utilize” when they mean “use”.
So, really, it just bothers me because it seems pretentious, results in extra syllables, and can potentially result in confusing the point that one is trying to make. It’s fine to use longer words when it adds something that the shorter one doesn’t, but a word like “conversating” adds absolutely nothing over “conversing”… well, nothing you’d want to add at least.
Seriously. I think you have it all wrong, here.
ETA: thanks, des and Inner Stickler. I still don’t feel confident enough to use the phrase, but I’m getting it better now.
Google ngrams can add some interesting information to these discussions
Poland is located between High School and College? I are confusticated.