•April 28, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

A co-worker who fancies himself a gastronome posted a photo and description of his dinner the other night on Facebook.
The heart of his meal was a “rib-eye marinaded overnight in 2tbsp olive oil, fresh garlic, oregano, salt and pepper, finished with butter on the grill.”
Sounds scrumptious, but one of our copy editors posted: “Mmmmm, marinated steak.”
I inquired whether use of “marinated” was a passive-aggressive spelling correction.
Her response: “Nope. I love marinated steak and steak with marinade equally.”
So diplomatic. She clearly won that battle of quips.
It should be noted “marinade” traditionally was a noun and “marinate” the verb form, but in the past decade or so “marinade” has been gaining acceptance as a verb.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.