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- Subject: Re: [AD] "unstable" terminology
- From: Matthew Leverton <meffer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:52:17 -0600
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Development is only ever a noun. The -al suffix makes it an adjective.
"Stage of development" vs "Developmental stage." I think using
development as an adjective is one of those things done so frequently
(at least in software development) that it will eventually just be
considered correct...
I don't really care one way or the other regarding the -al, I'd just
like to see the word "unstable" removed as it is too harsh of a term.
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Matthew Leverton - matthew@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.allegro.cc
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 05:10:00 -0800, Chris <chris.kcat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> > On 2005-01-05, Matthew Leverton <meffer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>Also, is "developEment" (with the E) a british thing? ;) In any case,
> >>"development" is a noun, so -al should be added.
>
> Development branch/release is an adjective+noun, isn't it? I think it's
> kinda silly if they're both nouns.
>
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