Dear Judith, Marshalee is correct. I used to be a 'Planned Preventative Maintenance' person before she mended my ways. :) See "Fowler's Modern English Usage" prevent(at)ive. The short form is better; see LONG VARIANTS where he says 'The better the writer the shorter the words'... broadly true.... Those who run to long words are mainly the unskilful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.
Tony Judith Thamm wrote: > > Tisk Marshalee, Tisk Tisk! > > (By the way, for the Newbies out there, who missed my rant of several > months > > ago, the word is "preventive", not "preventatative", > > ie.what CS is so good at doing!) > > OK, I`ll shut up for now!!! :o) > > Love, > > Marshalee > > My 3 nearest dictionaries [each is a standard doorstop weight ;) ] say : > DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary > lists preventative before preventive > > Reader's Digest Complete Word Finder: > lists preventative before preventive > > The Macquarie Dictionary: [standard Australian reference] > preventive [& gives definitions] then says: Also preventative. > > [I collect dictionaries, just BTW.] > > Regards, > Judith. > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
