Tamara P Duvall wrote:
My choice for a palliative might be the aperitive (or aperitif) that
Tamara
was referring to. But don't tell those primitives, my relatives, or
their
agent operatives since it is none of their business what I use for a
restorative.
Tee hee. Always appreciate
My choice for a palliative might be the aperitive (or aperitif)
that Tamara
was referring to. But don't tell those primitives, my relatives, or their
agent operatives since it is none of their business what I use for a
restorative.
Devon
~
Well done!
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:47, David in Ballarat wrote:
The ive ending is usually reserved for adjectives. Know any other
similar examples of nouns?
Prerogative. Palliative. Motive. All function as both nouns and
adjectives, as does detective. I think all of them are, probably, of
French origin
At 02:21 AM 13/06/2008, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:47, David in Ballarat wrote:
The ive ending is usually reserved for adjectives. Know any other
similar examples of nouns?
Prerogative. Palliative. Motive. All function as both nouns and
adjectives, as does detective. I
On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:52, David in Ballarat wrote:
Interesting, and probably correct. However, of the 3 samples you
offered, only motive operates as a noun in Australian English, the
other 2 remain as adjectives - nope - I have heard prerogative used
as a noun - sorry. But Palliative is
In a message dated 6/12/2008 9:27:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But Palliative is mostly followed by Care -
perhaps always so, although I'm always reluctant to use an absolute
I don't know about Australia, but in this US you can be given a palliative
to relieve
On Jun 12, 2008, at 23:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My choice for a palliative might be the aperitive (or aperitif) that
Tamara
was referring to. But don't tell those primitives, my relatives, or
their
agent operatives since it is none of their business what I use for a
restorative.
Tee
