Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!msb From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Disoriented Message-ID: <502@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 16:24:52 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.502 Posted: Mon Mar 11 16:24:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 17:24:42 EST References: <987@decwrl.UUCP> <339@ptsfc.UUCP> Reply-To: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 12 Summary: (Why was the thing I'm following up in net.flame?) I always liked this item, which was in the English Usage section of the New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac of 1970. Actually, it's been a while since I saw it, and I may be reversing their recommendations. Anyway... > INTERPRETIVE is preferred to INTERPRETATIVE. PREVENTATIVE > is preferred to PREVENTIVE. And don't ask silly questions. Mark Brader