On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Chris Murphy <lists(a)colorremedies.com>wrote:
Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary
and look
up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford English makes such a
big distinction between two words that share the same etymology and have no
good reason for meaning different things.
You beat me to this. Here is the OED definition:
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/5796?rskey=rEVqSp&result=1&isAdvanc...
The adjective forms of alternate and alternative are synonymous in both
British and American English. The current usage of alternate is correct.
Zach Ploskey