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Old 01-02-2008, 02:25 AM
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Default Re: Pet peeves on words

This one drives me nuts :realmad: and has been misused so many times that it's been added to some lesser > ; I might add, dictionaries!

Preventative! It should be preventive. I cringe :yikes: every time I hear it on the TV and radio and it makes me positively go bonkers :: when I see it in print.

Whew :chillout: !!! LOL
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