Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-sem.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: literacy Message-ID: <503@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 19:44:43 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.503 Posted: Thu Nov 7 19:44:43 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 05:26:37 EST References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP> <9700105@uiucdcs> <167@ccnysci.UUCP> <774@cyb-eng.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 13 > 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