"preventative"

[J. Eulenberg]

Thank you so much for bringing up this word, which I detest.  Is it made
up, or am I just fussy?

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> Boston Sunday Globe, July 19, 2004, p.E11
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> "... preventative services ..."
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> Well,  an ounce of preventation is worth a pound of cure.
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> -Wilson Gray
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