supposably
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Well David, teeth-itching aside, a
> ccording to Merriam-Webster preventative is synonymous with preventive.
> Many
> prefer to use preventive in adjective senses and preventative in noun
> senses, but Loren's usage was entirely legal.
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> Angus (Preventative Maintenance Manager of Multiple Vanagons)
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> Angus Gordon
> Bainbridge Island WA
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> birdworks@gmail.com
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> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:37 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
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> > At 11:27 AM 4/15/2010, Loren Busch wrote:
> >
> >> Mark has a good point here.  In the 1950's the US Navy did a study on
> the
> >> value of 'preventative maintenance' on electrical and electronic
> devices.
> >>
> >
> > Personal non-official request -- It's "preventive" and my teeth itch
> > slightly when I see it spelled the other way.  Dunno why this one
> > bothers me so -- as a kid in Maine "drownded" was the common usage
> > and I just thought that was cute.  Still do, along with "skellington"
> > which I heard from a kid in England and was the common illiterate
> > usage in 18th c.
> >
> > Of course if you can get "preventate" into common use then I'm the
> > past tense of a male helical-threaded fastener. <g>
> >
> > Yours,
> > d
> >
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