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Subject:Re: Is "proactive" really a word? From:"Stephen D. Martin" <smartin -at- RC -dot- GC -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:51:03 -0400
Tracy Boyington wrote:
> That's interesting. I always thought it was a "real word," but it's
> not in my dictionary either. Maybe it's one of them new fancy-schmancy
Considering that the OED runs to 26 volumes (one of which is at least
three times the size of the OAD), I'm hardly surprised.
cheers!
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