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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
ok, I see what you mean. But the OED entry just doesn't say it's only used humorously, it says "no......
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Of course it's a real word, but it's nonstandard, which is what the OED says....
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Well that seems pretty sound....
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
So does the OED have a note on irregardless similar to the NOAD's? The NOAD has notes on all the pop......
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Discussion Topic  RE: tarmac (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
I don't actually have the OED... I have the "Concise Oxford Dictionary," and I have the Oxford Dicti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Merriam-Webster....
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
I think the AHD usage notes are a little bit prescriptive sometimes. And the NOAD usage notes are ve......
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Discussion Topic  RE: you can try and hide (in Potpourri) by goofy
'If you can SEE whether I'm singing or not, you've sharper eyes than most.' Humpty Dumpty remarked s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
well fwiw some people have interpreted it as a comment on the word itself rather than on opinions ab......
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Yeah, the usage notes are descriptive, but some of them are pretty strongly worded, like the one for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
The AHD used to be prescriptive. I'd say that nowadays the entries are descriptive - except for some......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It’s a jungle out there! (in The Vocabulary Forum) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: preventive or preventative? (in Potpourri) by goofy
Yes. According to MW Dictionary of English Usage, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Silo" - an oddity? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The change from Latin ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I want one too (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
dude, what?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: An interesting grammar point (in Potpourri) by goofy
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