On 19/05/15 15:55, gareth wrote:
"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
...
In message , Chris French
writes
Personally, I pretty laid back on the changing style of English, it always
has, and will continue to do so.
Some of us are pre-programmed to resist change - such as spelling
'programme' as program (but only when it refers to computers).

"Proactive" and "reactive", instead of "active" and "reactive"?



Prescribed - meaning indicated in a written statement - as against
proscribed - banned, in a written statement.

I wish I had taken that to court - 'parking in a prescribed area' on a
pre printed ticket, in of all places Cambridge, seat of learning...




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