Friday, July 05, 2013

Why Must They Come?

And in time for what? [More]
Posted by David Codrea at 7/05/2013 01:43:00 PM

2 comments:

Roger J said...

It's funny to see these J-school grads use "preventative." The word is properly, "preventive." My college term paper had each use of "preventative" corrected in red ink, and since it was a paper on "preventive detention" there were a lot of corrections. Looks like the editor's knowledge of spelling is as poor as his grasp of logic.

7/05/2013 6:03 PM
Anonymous said...

Sorry, Roger. "Preventative" is acceptable, but not the preferred term. See http://grammarist.com/spelling/preventative-preventive/.

7/08/2013 1:06 AM

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