Subject: Re: Why is this code broken?
From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 02:42:12 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <3233616132439593@naggum.net>

* "Pierpaolo BERNARDI" <pierpaolo_bernardi@hotmail.com>
| Check the gerundives.
| 
| -ando is the suffix for adjectives formed from verbs ending in -are
| (like comparare), -(i)endo is for verbs in -ere and -ire (like addere).

  Oh, damn.  I based my analysis on compareo, not comparo.  The former means to
  appear, be visible, to exist, be present, and is indeed comparere, while the
  latter means to form into pairs, match, and hence compare in English, and is
  comparare.  Thanks for the push to go check this properly.
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