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English & Linguistics / Word Usage Pet peeve

« on: October 11, 2005, 04:41:10 PM »

Although I have been informed that it is acceptable, I do not like "preventative".  I much, much prefer "preventive".

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English & Linguistics / The Mormon dialect in writing

« on: May 26, 2005, 05:29:39 PM »

Just wanted to point out that "whithersoever" is not just for Mormons.  It appears, more than once, in one of the songs from the musical Man of La Mancha.  Cervantes/Don Quijote sings:

And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward
Whithersoever they blow.
Whithersoever they blow, onward to glory I go.