Date:  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 12:17:34 -0500

From:  Elizabeth Gregory <WPODOM1.AGCOM.EGREGORY[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WPO-SMTP-GATE.TAMU.EDU>

Subject: Lexical choice? -Reply



Today I have to do the laundry.



and sometimes, more generically,



Today I have to do laundry.



But it seems that, to refer to this activity, "washing clothes" is more

natural to me than "doing laundry."



Born 1962, Montgomery, Alabama



Elizabeth Gregory

Assistant Professor and Extension Communications Specialist

Texas Agricultural Extension Service

Texas A&M University