'As stated' and 'due to'

[HumptyDumptyBumpty]

Hiding this in PC, so I don't get pasted for being intolerant which I am.

I do wish MNetters would stop using the verb 'to state' where they mean 'to say', 'to mention' etc. For some reason, it's often used when the poster is apparently getting upset or defensive.

It often seems to go hand in hand (should that be hyphenated?) with the substitution of 'due to' for 'because of'.

It sounds awkward and exaggerated.

[lougle]

I don't understand? It's perfectly normal English usage.

[HumptyDumptyBumpty]

I mean when things like 'I stated to him that I would not be doing that' are used when it would be more fluent to write 'I told him I would not being doing that', and 'I am broke, and due to various health problems cannot work', when 'I am broke and because of various health problems... &c' would read more naturally.

It reads like a police report, rather than ordinary speech.

Plus, in my (subjective, I grant you) book, 'stating' something is a particularly emphatic way of speaking, a resounding declarative, in comparison to ordinary speech. Often, this isn't what the poster means, they simply misuse 'to state' thinking it sounds posher than 'I said' perhaps

[lougle]

nope, I don't see the hierarchy there.

[PositiveAttitude]

I would like to state that this does not bother me at all due to it being the correct use of the English language.

[HumptyDumptyBumpty]

positive

lougle okay, fair enough. I do see it, and it grates.

[Quangle]

I know exactly what you mean. People think "stated" is a posher way of saying said so they use it in minutes and when trying to give a precise description. Drives me bonkers and is not the right usage at all.

[lougle]

"Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing." That's the definition given by the Google dictionary.

If someone is saying they stated something, they're simply asserting that they had clearly expressed it in an earlier communication.

[KeithTheCat]

I'm thick as shit and far from a pedant.

but when I see it I think it looks like the poster is deliberately using Big Words to look they're well spoken. it really grates on me.