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can you say that something is 'treelike', 'untreelike', 'treeish'? Or is this totally incorrect use of the language?
Yes, the suffixes -like and -ish and the prefix un- are rather productive in English. Though untreeish sounds funny to me, treeish, treelike, and untreelike sound OK.
Last edited by zmjezhd; 03/27/06 01:02 PM.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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