Re: Genus, Species, ...
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 11, 2009, 2:14 |
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What about
"generate"?��-David�*******************************************************************�"sunly
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us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.conlang.org/��On Jan 10, 2009, at 4∞40 PM,
Rebecca Bettencourt wrote:��> I learned in a bio class about the singular
and plural forms of genus�> and species, and how we use the adjective form in
common usage without�> realizing it.�> So I created the following
table:�>�> sing: genus, species�> pl: genera, species�> adj1: generic,
specific�> adj2: general, special�> verb2: generalize, specialize�>
verb1: ?, specify�>�> What goes in the ? slot? Why is there no "genify" or
"generify" or�> some such word?�>�> Was "generalize" created to fill that
hole? Then someone screwed it up�> again by inventing "specialize?"�>�>
--�> Hasta la pasta,�> Rebecca Bettencourt.�>
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