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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Incentive #86934 11/13/02 09:26 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1 Texas G Gasman OP stranger OP Gasman stranger G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1 Texas What is the grammatically correct word from incentive? Incent? Incentivize? Help 120151 120151 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86935 11/13/02 09:33 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Do you mean the verb form? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86936 11/13/02 09:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I found 'incentivise" in over a dozen sites, but no clue as to its acceptability. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86937 11/13/02 11:37 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass neither can be found in OED2+; both have been accepted by AHD4 (and are very recent coinages). take your pick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86938 11/14/02 12:26 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Why not just "provide an incentive" or something like that rather than verbing the noun? I'm just askin'... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86939 11/14/02 12:39 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass oops... by take your pick I meant "accept or don't." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86940 11/14/02 01:04 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ewww, incentivise has no beauty... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86941 11/14/02 01:12 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: Suppose it was achieved by gift of a rarely seen portrait of a dead president? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86942 11/14/02 01:43 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina Suppose it was achieved by gift of a rarely seen portrait of a dead president? I don't Bill, I don't find http://makeashorterlink.com/?F6CB46172 any sort of incentive at all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentive #86943 11/14/02 01:46 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont sorry, you guys lost me on this one. I'm going to bed... formerly known as etaoin... 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