I think I might have been pronouncing “substantive” wrong my whole life. But also, I’ve looked down on others for mispronouncing it (but a different mispronunciation).

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SUB-stan-tiv

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“You’re saying it wrong,” Harry heard Hermione snap. “It’s Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the ‘gar’ nice and long.”

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Proper pronunciation is sub-stan-tuh-tay-tive.

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Nope, you guys are just lazy.

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omg everyone stop.

It’s pronounced im-POR-tant.

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If you’re concerned about saying it wrong, you may want to look into how you’re using it too.

Substantive refers directly to a (literal) change in substance. Substantial is the word you use when referencing intangibles (e.g., a substantial change in employee sentiment).

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I prefer to use the word material change as opposed to a substantive change

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If it makes you feel any better, I frequently find that I use words incorrectly because I never actually look them up just infer the meaning from context when I hear other people say them

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