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Nit: "inflammable" means "can be set of fire". So does "flammable". Yes, I know. You want "not flammable", or if you want to be cute you could try "unflammable
by Filligree 9y ago
Nit: "inflammable" means "can be set of fire". So does "flammable". Yes, I know.
You want "not flammable", or if you want to be cute you could try "unflammable".
- mkartic 9y agoLooks like the post means 'either already burnt or will be burnt easily'? So what exactly is your nitpick here?
- Dylan16807 9y agoThat doesn't make much sense. Why would the easily-burnt trust still be intact at this point? It's a really weird comment if it wasn't supposed to mean "already burnt, or unable to burn".
- rhizome 9y agoI read it to mean 'already burnt or can't be burnt.' I'm aware of the definitions of 'inflammable,' but it just made the most sense in the context to interpret it that way.
- FeepingCreature 9y agoI can't edit it anymore, but I did mean "unburnable". I realize (now) that "inflammable" comes from "inflame"/"enflame", but "in-"/"im-" has lots of use as a negation. "Invisible", "indivisible", "inconceivable", etc.
- krisdol 9y agoI think inflammable (or flammable) applies. I think the user is saying the trust is likely to go up in flames.
- _ah 9y agoInterestingly, I read this the other way: "...all trust is burnt, or about to be burnt."
- JohnHaugeland 9y agoIt's because "inflammable" is a loan word, not a conjugate, and "in-" in French, whence comes the word, means what "en-" means here. Like with most loan words, it's best to just stick to the native word - which is not "flammable" as Merriam tried to invent 200 years ago, but rather "combustible"