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chbob
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Preventative
« on: Jun 10th, 2007, 11:57am » |
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It seems that many clusterheads stutter.
They say preventative instead of preventive.
Why don't they say:
Abortative
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Abusasive
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Adaptative
Or
Perceptative
OR
Adhesasive
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Perspectative
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Guiseppi
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Re: Preventative
« Reply #1 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 4:22pm » |
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I'm guessing it's all relatative 
Guiseppi
(when did I start saying preventative...damn)
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Re: Preventative
« Reply #2 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 9:36pm » |
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on Jun 10th, 2007, 4:22pm, Guiseppi wrote:| I'm guessing it's all relatative |
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It's part of the repetetive recitative. One person expostulatives it, and pretty soon we're all vocalitavizing it. It's insidiousitive.
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Re: Preventative
« Reply #3 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 9:45pm » |
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on Jun 10th, 2007, 11:57am, chbob wrote:It seems that many clusterheads stutter.
They say preventative instead of preventive. |
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It's spelled both ways, preventative is ok too.
I use preventive when with another word as in "preventive medication" or "preventive measures" but use preventative when used alone as in "verapamil is a preventative for clusters", for some stupid reason. 
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Re: Preventative
« Reply #4 on: Sep 3rd, 2007, 9:43pm » |
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on Jun 10th, 2007, 9:45pm, Kevin_M wrote:
I use preventive when with another word as in "preventive medication" or "preventive measures" but use preventative when used alone as in "verapamil is a preventative for clusters", for some stupid reason.
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"Preventive" and "preventative" are two different words. "Preventive" is an adjective, and "preventative" is a noun. Your reason is not stupid - it's just proper usage! <g>
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