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From: mgh@hou5h.UUCP (Marcus Hand)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: On "orphaned" words.
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Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 11:19:05 EST
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Merlyn Leroy writes that some words are only seen in their negative
forms and cites "impervious" as an example.  Well, geologists use
pervious quite alot.   But in principle, I agree, there are quite a few
(indignant, inalienable, etc) but perhaps the origins of some of these
words do not involve a negative prefix (un-dergo, un-derstand, in-digent).
some words beginning "non" of course,have a connection with 9.

There must also be many words which are only seen with a "re-" prefix:
recognize, resolute, Remy Martin...

I gotta go...

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			Marcus Hand	(hou5h!mgh)