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Agree with your points. Also, your comment reminded me that habitable, unhabitable, inhabitable, uninhabitable, is one of the most confusing situations in the
by chemeng 5y ago
Agree with your points. Also, your comment reminded me that habitable, unhabitable, inhabitable, uninhabitable, is one of the most confusing situations in the english language.
- spidersouris 5y agoHabitable and inhabitable mean the same, don't they? It's likely inflammable and flammable. Unhabitable doesn't exist though.
- LeoPanthera 5y ago> Unhabitable doesn't exist though. There's no reason why it shouldn't, though. It makes logical sense.
- rootusrootus 5y agoIrregardless, it can be a word if enough people say so. (to be fair, by this definition, unhabitable is in fact a word)
- tomcam 5y agoI’m taking you off my Hanukkah list for that one
- chemeng 5y agoMerriam-Webster seems to agree with you. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhabitable https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhabitable
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- thaumasiotes 5y ago> Habitable and inhabitable mean the same, don't they? Yes, though "habitable" is the normal word and "inhabitable" would be a nonce construction derived from "inhabit". > It's like[] inflammable and flammable. Not really; those words mean that something can catch fire. That's all well and good for "flammable", but it's bizarre for "inflammable", since "inflame" has no surviving meaning related to fire. If you wanted to express that meaning, you'd have to say "set fire" or "ignite".
- Vindicis 5y agoInhabitable actually means "Capable of being inhabited, occupied, or tenanted." and "Not habitable, not adapted to human habitation, uninhabitable." The joys of english.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoDo you have a cite for that second gloss?