Re: Imperative vs Jussive vs Hortative

>My brain automatically supplies the word "case" when it sees  linguistics
>words ending in "-ive". It's a known bug, and I'm
>working on it.
>
>
>Paul
Hmm... I just got an idea: what you described could be reversed to derive
new and interesting cases:
archive (for old objects; archaisms)
cursive (for cursed objects)
deceive (for groups of ten objects)
detective (for newly seen objects)
forgive (for objects hit with a hammer)
fugitive (for themes of fugues)
massive (for deriving units of mass)
productive (for association with the Plumber's Union)
...
Uh, I might have to do some further weeding. Still, feels like there's some
potential here.

John Vertical