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Re: A request for Ray: The aptitive

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 9, 1999, 13:39
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Sally Caves wrote:

> It has a habitual sense to it, but "habituative" didn't seem quite right. > The term needs to express the sense given in our -ive endings: > tendency towards, aptitude towards, given to doing something. > No one has said that the Aptitive is inapt, nobody has said that it's apt. > Have I just coined a new word? Or is there one out there that is used > to describe a tendency towards something? The inclinative?
I for one like it. I can't consciously recall having come across it before, but it has a feeling of being genuine about it
> (I'm aware that the Verbs page has a lot of bloopers in it > that need correcting!)(And I haven't even managed to > put up the separate chapter on the Teonaht copula, yet!)
And parts 2 and 3 of your Teach Yourself give a 404 Not Found. Just when I was doing so well... Irina ira@rempt.xs4all.nl (mailing list address) irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)