If you’re planning to add a deck, a room or a pool, among other possible amenities to your home or property, the Planning and Economic Development Dept. of the Town of Zionsville has a revised requirement for you and/or your contractor(s). Last week, the town introduced its Improvement Location Permit Application. This paperwork helps the town help you by having a better understanding of your project to make sure it conforms to standards, which only can enhance the value of your property and that of your neighbor. The new forms may be had at www.zionsville-in.gov/town-services/planning/resources-regulations/application-forms/, or hard copies may be obtained at the town’s office. For additional questions, you may contact the planners at 873-8247.
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One of us is a former word guy, having spent the vast majority of his newspaper career on the news side of the business. He was a reporter, then an editor and lastly a department head. So, when The Associated Press tweeted last week that its new stylebook would allow the use of “over” when meaning “more than” or “during,” we both shuddered. This is simply the continuing degradation of grammar in America. In general, our countrymen comprise a lazy lot with respect to English usage, so Americans typically say, “It’s over $100,” when they mean, “It’s more than $100.” How about “over the weekend”? It should be “during the weekend,” Over is a spatial term, plain and simple. This, however, is a war we will not win – except with respect to its use in your newspaper. Otherwise, and succinctly stated, we’re over it.
