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[Ian Duff]

Wow, this is a spirited debate, but has so far overlooked how this dude (or dudette) takes care of the cleanliness of their ride, to wit: "working at a shop, I detain and wax the car every couple of days." I didn't know detaining a car makes it look better, but i think that is what's meant. Must have to hold 'er back to apply the wax.

Smell check obviously didn't work so good here, "detaining" is not how you smell "detailing", dontchaknow...

-Ian.

On 06 Jan, 2010, at 07:30, racingiron at comcast.net wrote:

> ringmeester wrote: 
>> I've never met "the fair Elizabeth", and I'm not dismissing her creds 
> 
> Just FYI, I haven't consulted with her on this issue lately, so if I'm wrong it's my fault alone! 
> 
>> acceptable = too lazy to learn the correct spelling or pronunciation 
>> IMHHEO (credit Dave F) and an apathetic ear turned by scholarly 
>> types towards correcting said incorrect pronunciation. It's not 
>> preventate, so it's not preventative. 
> 
> Well, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), both words have been in consistent use since the mid-1600s. Even if one were more recent, that doesn't necessarily make it wrong--English is a *living* language, despite you conservative types! :^P 
> 
> I expect you'll now stop using "argumentative" and switch to "argumentive"? 
> 
> Eric R. 
> '86 urq 
> '92 urS 
> '93 urS 
> 
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