Re: A request for Ray: The aptitive

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

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