[Publib] preventive not preventative, disrespect is not a verb

[Logan Abbitt]

I'm still waiting to meet a gruntled postal worker. 
 
Thanks, 
 
Logan Abbitt 
Electronic Resources Librarian
 
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center 
300 Maiden Lane Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000 
Phone: 910.483.7727 Ext. 226 Fax: 910.486.6661 
labbitt at cumberland.lib.nc.us <mailto:labbitt at cumberland.lib.nc.us> 

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Subject: RE: [Publib] preventive not preventative, disrespect is not a verb



Hahahaha!  Disorientate is in there, too, as a chiefly British perversion.

The one that gets my goat is "nonchalant."  Never in my life have I met
anyone who was "chalant" by comparison.

If there were a dictionary with "chalant" in it, I'd sleep better at night.

Audrey Jo
Resident Grammar Hammer



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