Re: Help with grammatical term
| From: | Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 24, 2008, 20:39 |
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:19:18 +0200, Fredrik Ekman
<ekman@...> wrote:
>What would the grammatical term be for a prefix that replaces the
>preposition "with"? Would "inclusive" do the trick?
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> Fredrik
Depends on which meaning.
If you mean "in the company of", that's called "comitative".
"I came here with Fred".
If you mean "by means of", that's called "instrumental".
"I opened the door with a key".
See
< http://wals.info/feature/52 >
(Note: "comitative", related to "comity", has only one "m".)