Re: Stop <> prevent
@DropBear: In the context of the article stop can't apply to something that hasn't started because there is nothing, as yet, to be stopped. Prevent can only be applied before something has started because if you try to apply prevent to something that has already started then it was not prevented.
I agree that prevent isn't ideal though, because it's comprehensive and implies that the outcome can never happen even though only one of many potential causes has been addressed - it really needs the addition of the clause 'for this particular reason'.
I don't think eliminate really gets us anywhere better.
I also don't think it's just splitting hairs either - there was fundamental difference between what was meant and what was actually said.
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