September 16th, 2003, 05:40 PM
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Re: OT- Spelling is out.
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Originally posted by dogscoff:
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Toward". Take a look in the dictionary and you will see an acceptable pronunciation of, "twardz", as if there was an "s" on the end of it...sheesh!
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Towards is the accepted British use of the word. Same with preventative (I find it hard to believe there is such a word as "preventive")
Well, referring to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (copyright 1985...we have some old stuff in the government...  ), "preventative" is listed. The definition is simply, "preventive". So, look a bit lower and you see, "preventive". THERE, one can see the real definition. I happen to know about this word in particular since I started in the computer business over 30 years ago and it was routine business for IBM to schedule preventive maintenance. The additional sylable, IMO, came along sometime afterward due to the inability of people to look at the word, preventive, and pronounce it correctly. And then, people just added it to the dictionary instead of simply saying, "There's no such word as 'preventative'."
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