[Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative

Sat May 1 07:09:07 PDT 2021

LOL! 😂

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On Apr 30, 2021, at 7:11 PM, Ellen McWhirter <ellenmcw at uoregon.edu> wrote:

Dave,

Before we go too far in elimination of the ‘ta’, shouldn’t we consider what happens if we take this too far? I mean, this is the kind of thing that can spread like wildfire.

It could be tanmount to chaos. Representive of a step too far. It could push us beyond our adapbilities. I don’t want to be a castrophist but urge you to carefully consider the consequences from a quantitive perspective before we say ta-ta to the ta…

:) Ellen

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Subject: Re: [Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative

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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Subject: Re: [Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative

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

From: prevscilist-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu<mailto:prevscilist-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu> <prevscilist-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu<mailto:prevscilist-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu>> On Behalf Of Benedict McWhirter
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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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