[Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative

[Anne Marie Mauricio]

I love this e-mail too, Dave!!  I have often wondered the same exact thing so thank you for initiating the discussion!  Interestingly, Prevention Science uses both, which makes things even more confusing!

Anne

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I’m an adamant proponent of “preventive”; the comment from the peer reviewer sounds exactly like something I would write (but it wasn’t me, I swear! 😊). My other editorial pet peeves include not using the Oxford comma and calling Stata “STATA”.
Best,
Emily

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Subject: Re: [Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative

I love this email Dave!!
I am now going to randomly use both!!  Lol

Benedict

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On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Dave DeGarmo <degarmo at uoregon.edu<mailto:degarmo at uoregon.edu>> wrote:

Dear Friends,

Do we have an official perspective on the use of preventive vs. preventative? Years ago John Reid said SPR’s official position was that preventive was the appropriate usage.


  1.  Thus I have encouraged the use of “preventive” for classes. Reinforcing this, here is anonymous reviewer feedback from a recent co-authored paper,



“preventative” (page 5, line 55) is an example of epenthesis, or the insertion of (in this case) a superfluous syllable. “Prevention” (not “preventation”) spawns the adjective “preventive.”





  1.  On the other hand, here is an interesting historical post by Merriam-Webster to the counter

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/preventive-or-preventative<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/preventive-or-preventative__;!!C5qS4YX3!X6V018nUXnJW0Jv0s9oLE727Hdci90wHC7Horfh4SfolBvPjwEgXADxKVG5_QFUT7g$>


  1.  As superfluous as this email may seem, I am curious, what most of you practice or if you have strong opinions about usage in our programs?

Syllabically-curious, D.

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Research Associate Professor, Prevention Science Institute (PSI)
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