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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread oppositives #116062 11/15/2003 6:48 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In preparing future lessons on appositives, I came across the grammatical term oppositive, a new one for me. Here's what one of the dictionary links (Dictionary.com, I think) offered: oppositive adj : expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: adversative] So, but can function as an adversative or oppositive conjunction when followed by an antithetical modifier. That's pretty interesting to me. Hope it is to y'all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oppositives #116063 11/18/2003 5:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Good grief, I look at this new-to-me word and my mind wants to jump to "oppossum"! Adversative is a new word for me, too. You've stumped Gurunet with oppositive, but it likes: ad·ver·sa·tive (ăd-vûr'sə-tĭv) adj. Expressing antithesis or opposition: the adversative conjunction but. n. A word that expresses antithesis or opposition. [Latin adversātīvus, from adversātus, past participle of adversārī, to oppose, from adversus, against. See adverse.] Now I'm wondering: are either of these words ever used to describe anything but 'but'? Are they used for conjunctions only? Couldn't terms like "extra-large shrimp" also be described using either of these words? What if the ex. read poor and happy? Would the and be considered an oppositive/adversative? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter look out for Mr. In-between #116064 11/19/2003 1:46 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Well I always try to accentuate oppositive... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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