my pet peeve is ebay sellers calling filters "lenses". i.e. a 49mm vivitar skylight 1A "lens".
JC O'Connell [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of keith_w Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: "minty" Bill Owens wrote: > My linguist peeve is "preventative" instead of preventive > ********* Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 1 definition(s) found Preventative \Pre*vent"a*tive\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. ***** :-D ******* keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
