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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: literacy
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 19:44:43 EST
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> Noun			Wrong verb			Right verb
> administration	administrate			administer

Unfortunately, officialspeak has made "administrate" a perfectly
legal word.  It's listed without prejudice in both my Random House
and Websters dictionaries.  Registrate is out, however.

My favorite of these words is "certificated," which is used by the
FAA all throughout their regulations.  It means (to them), having
gotten a certificate (as different from being certified, I guess).

-Ron