Right... but if you notice the last entry, copyright 2003 by Princeton University (what the heck do they know anyway, right? I mean... they're in Joisey) they list 'preventative' as a synonym for 'preventive'.
Those damn hippies.... I hate hippies!
It's just a "loosing" battle, Mike. Frankly, I "could" care less about it. :)
I guess we could agree that, while listed in some dictionaries, it still makes him sound foolish. Deal?