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Why "administrator" instead of "administer"?
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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
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Administer is a verb. Administrator is a noun.
An administrator administers.
Administrate literally means the same as administers.
This is the correct answer but everyone is going all 3000 IQ about English. Yes, English is nonsense, but in this case it’s pretty cut and dry.