Historic versus Historical

[dancerjodi]

The proper usage of these words came up at dinner on Wednesday night (we bought our retiring office manager a mirror that had illustrations of old buildings in Melrose and said "Historical Melrose" on the bottom). I was curious what was more proper in different contexts.

Here it is:
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980218

Yes, I'm a dork :)

Comments

[christmasjedi.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the mirror was correct! I'll admit, I was a little worried. :-) Thanks for sharing - I'm a vocab geek as well. *g*