On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary > and look up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford > English makes such a big distinction between two words that share > the same etymology and have no good reason for meaning different > things. I doubt it. Fowler is pretty definite: "Alternative (offering a choice) had formerly also the sense now belonging only to alternate (by turns); now that the differentiation is complete, confusion is even less excusable than between definite and definitive." Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
