An Ounce Of Preventation Is Worth...

What, preventation does not exist? True. Neither does the adjective preventative. Please.

The correct form is "preventive". Do not believe those that say that they are equally acceptable. Preventive, as in "preventive medicine", is correct. Preventative is tolerated (not by me, really) just because it has become so widespread, but it is not correct. The fact that many people use it does not make it right, just like the fact that many people use "it's" does not make it a possessive adjective.

Dripping Irony

I don't doubt that the man's intentions are good, but when Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said that Arizona has "become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry" [emphasis added], did he miss the prejudice and bigotry in his own statement?

Food For Thought For Freedom Lovers and Socialism Haters

You could do worse than reading this brief, intelligent essay on the meaning of socialism--and freedom.

It's Not Diffuse The Situation

I can't stand it anymore! It's not "diffuse the situation", it's "defuse the situation" (as in remove the fuse from an explosive device). Good grief! You would think that the minimum requirement to do close captioning, journalism, etc. would be to know and understand the language!

This almost irks me as much as TBS's slogan, "more movie, less commercials". I'm telling you, this is what happens when you leave the language in the hands of sloppy people!