Re: substantive and noun

Christophe Grandsire sikyal:

> En réponse à Muke Tever <mktvr@...>:
>
> >
> > Huh!  That is the opposite of what I learned.  I learned that
> > "substantive" is
> > the subset of "noun":
> >
> >     noun (L nomen, = name) substantive:
> >         what we normally call nouns
> >     noun adjective:
> >         what we normally call adjectives
> >     noun
> >         substantives & adjectives together.
> >
>
> Once again a result of the strange terminology used by English-speaking
> countries. Internationally (it's the definition I learnt), the noun is a subset
> of the substantive, not the other way round, and while noun and adjective can
> be opposed, substantive put them together, and adds the pronouns to the mix.
I learned it the same way you did, Christophe, and I've gotten all my
education in English. I have heard people use the terms the way Muke said
though. I think it's an older set of terms that been superceded in most
places.



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