My oldest son had a lot of assignments “hidden” in his locker at school. Some of it came tumbling out one day between classes, we were told. I asked him if that taught him anything and he said, “To stack things more neatly?”
Preventive is an adjective: “I took my car in for preventive maintenance.”
Preventative is a noun: “A vaccine is a preventative given to protect against serious disease.”
Sadly— and I speak as a former editor concerned about language— the line has blurred between the two, and they are treated as synonyms, even in certain online dictionaries.
Now you’ve gone and done it, Viola! Petey Potterpoop will be in Big Trouble with his third-grade teacher for not having his homework (which is snowing down all over Cul de Sac)! And there’s the matter of the hole in his backpack….
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
time for Petey to get a new backpack (and hopefully not overstuff)
momofalex7 almost 5 years ago
That was one sharp pencil.
sirbadger almost 5 years ago
Did she think that there was a vampire in his backpack? It’s dead now.
Baba27 almost 5 years ago
I wonder if anyone already used the excuse, ‘my homework got exploded’ before?
dwane.scoty1 almost 5 years ago
How about “It somehow was dumped in the burn pile!”
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
An explosion like that would make the news for sure. I’d like to see the on-camera interview.
jonesbeltone almost 5 years ago
LOL!
Amra Leo almost 5 years ago
“This morning a backpack exploded, damaging houses in a 3-block radius…”
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 5 years ago
My oldest son had a lot of assignments “hidden” in his locker at school. Some of it came tumbling out one day between classes, we were told. I asked him if that taught him anything and he said, “To stack things more neatly?”
chromosome Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Now he’ll have to start the homework all over…
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…”
j.l.farmer almost 5 years ago
those are some very big snowflakes!
Obi-Haiv almost 5 years ago
If Alice flushes ice cubes to make it snow, I guess she flushed a lot of toilet paper to make this happen.
erniejpdx almost 5 years ago
It’s preventive in this context.
Preventive is an adjective: “I took my car in for preventive maintenance.”
Preventative is a noun: “A vaccine is a preventative given to protect against serious disease.”
Sadly— and I speak as a former editor concerned about language— the line has blurred between the two, and they are treated as synonyms, even in certain online dictionaries.
gbars70 almost 5 years ago
Dill, the eternal optimist.
craigwestlake almost 5 years ago
Young activists implementing the Reduction of Paperwork Act. Good Americans…
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Now you’ve gone and done it, Viola! Petey Potterpoop will be in Big Trouble with his third-grade teacher for not having his homework (which is snowing down all over Cul de Sac)! And there’s the matter of the hole in his backpack….
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Stupid stupid Viola.