Re: Terminology query

I was surprised to see this discussion continuing, then I noticed that
Benct's reply was to me only.  Are my messages still going out with a
Reply-To: set?

He wrote:

> The Latin term is _nomen agentis_, which becomes _agent noun_
> in English. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_noun>
It seems that "agentive" for the ending or the construction, and
"agent noun" for the result, is reasonable.


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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