[Histonet] OT: How do you call...

[Jan Shivers]

I guess when given a choice long ago, English wordsmiths chose the ending 
which sounded better and put it into use.  Just like we say 'psychic' and 
not 'psychal'... but of course there are still people who say 'psychical'!

But again, I'm only repeating what I was taught re: anatomic vs anatomical. 
Language does change over time - just check out what's included in 
dictionaries these days!
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merced Leiker" <leiker <@t> buffalo.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] OT: How do you call...


> I'm guessing, then, that "anatomal" and "pathalogal" aren't words...?
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> On 6/13/2011 2:51 PM, Jan Shivers wrote:
>> When taking coursework eons ago, one of my professors addressed this very 
>> issue.  He said that '-ic' and '-al' were BOTH adjective suffixes... and 
>> there was no need to include both at the end of a noun to turn it into an 
>> adjective (redundancy).
>>
>> So 'anatomic' it is.  And it follows that another correct word spelling 
>> is 'pathologic', not 'pathological'.... though the latter is commonly 
>> used.
>>
>> Jan Shivers
>> UMN
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Breeden, Sara" 
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>> Subject: [Histonet] OT: How do you call...
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