<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:467557427;
mso-list-template-ids:-1781771106;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-start-at:2;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:916747676;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:1110485058 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1057973053;
mso-list-template-ids:-1120656592;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-start-at:3;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l3
{mso-list-id:1944607643;
mso-list-template-ids:6187022;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">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!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anne<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu <prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Emily Tanner-Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2021 4:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dave DeGarmo <degarmo@uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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!
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">). My other editorial pet peeves include not using the Oxford comma and calling Stata “STATA”.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu">
prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu">prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Benedict McWhirter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2021 4:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dave DeGarmo <<a href="mailto:degarmo@uoregon.edu">degarmo@uoregon.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu">prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Prevscilist] Preventive or Preventative<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I love this email Dave!! <o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am now going to randomly use both!! Lol <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Benedict<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Dave DeGarmo <<a href="mailto:degarmo@uoregon.edu">degarmo@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friends, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Thus I have encouraged the use of “preventive” for classes. Reinforcing this, here is anonymous reviewer feedback from a recent co-authored paper,
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“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.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">On the other hand, here is an interesting historical post by Merriam-Webster to the counter<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/preventive-or-preventative__;!!C5qS4YX3!X6V018nUXnJW0Jv0s9oLE727Hdci90wHC7Horfh4SfolBvPjwEgXADxKVG5_QFUT7g$">https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/preventive-or-preventative</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">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?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Syllabically-curious, D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">_______________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#364931">David S. DeGarmo, PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#364931">Research Associate Professor, Prevention Science Institute (PSI)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#364931">Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services (CPHS)
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#364931"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><image001.jpg><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
prevscilist mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu">prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/prevscilist">https://lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/prevscilist</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>