Re: province or provincial?

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From: snance
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 1994 14:29

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>In Canada, when you use "province" as an adj., should it be "provincial"?
>For example: province/provincial bird
>(meaning the bird [flag, tree, flower, insect, song, etc.] that has been
>designated to represent a particular province)
>
>Thanks!
>Beth Goelzer Lyons, e-mail: bgl1@cornell.edu
>Publications Services, Cornell University
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_Provincial_, definitely.  I can't think of an instance in which I would
use _province_ as an adjective.  I would, however, use _province's bird_.


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Subject: Re: province or provincial?
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