Look it up. It is principal, not principle. sm

Posted By: Winnie Ruth on 2006-02-10
In Reply to: That's too bad. Really is principle diagnosis. sm - Chloe

Subject: Look it up. It is principal, not principle. sm

Principal (in addition to the head of a school) is an adjective meaning chief or main. Principle is never an adjective. Don't take my word for it. Check a dictionary.

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Principle/principal Diagnosis? - Noodles
- One company i work for says "principle"..my other company says "principal" sm - I hate these 2 words..
  - Here's my silly way of differentiating the two: sm - nm
- This is a tester, please don't help! - sm
  - Working not testing - Noodles
    - Then why can't you look up a word like - that yourself??
  - Word help - Noodles
    - Read the TOS for the board - Milton's Red Stapler
      - MILTON MY DEAR - Yeah well ya know
        yawn....nm - Milton's Red Stapler
        Moving on.....nm - That's right..
      - For once, MRS, I agree with you. Any person sm - nm
      - Glad OP got some help... - MT-Been There
        Exhausting all resources first is a learning - Milton's Red Stapler
        Yeah, but I believe the OP did mention that research had been done...sm - MT-Been There
        Yes, and when I use Google to research - Milton's Red Stapler
      - I just gotta say that I luv your moniker! (and that movie) - wish I'd thought of it first. :) (nm)
- my national insists it is Principal....nm - Another opinion
  - That's too bad. Really is principle diagnosis. sm - Chloe
    - definitely incorrect and national is right....NM - well ALL the other posters say you are
    - I was going to say that principal can be used - agj
    - it's principal - agj
    - definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm - well ALL the other posters say you are
    - the principal = pal mnemonic is supposed to help - you remember that principal = first! (adj.) nm
      - more here... - sm
        Principal/Principle - Rayoa
        Principal/Principle - Rayoa
        Now here is a answer with proper research! - Milton's Red Stapler
        LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be - in the right places. (nm) Michael Bolton
        OMG! Warn me not to be drinking that - Milton's Red Stapler
        eh...that would be your "decimal points," of course. ;) - MB (nm)
    - Look it up. It is principal, not principle. sm - Winnie Ruth
      - onelook.com and the Merriam's dict. agree with you, too! :) nm - wandering
  - Thanks. - Noodles

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That's a shame, because it is definitely not principal, it's principle. In grade school, I was taught to remember the difference like this: The school principal is your PAL. Too bad about your national getting it wrong. Hopefully it's just one person at your national...and probably one you dare not argue with, eh?

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It's true the principal is your "pal," that is to help you remember how to spell his title. But he is the princiPAL because he is the main or most important person on the school faculty, the principal staff member. Just like the PrinciPAL Diagnosis is the main, most important diagnosis. The little principal is your "pal" memory jogger is not meant to say that there are not other uses for principal.

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