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BMO
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 Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: Acquire |
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Is acquisition the noun form of acquire? Inquiry is the noun and inquire is the verb, what about inquisition? That isn't the noun form of inquire, isn't it?
Thanks.
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toe
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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you make me think about things
i wouldn't normally think about!
if you acquire (V) something, it becomes the acquisition (N). so, yes.
inquire = verb
inquisition IS a noun, but speaking of something that you INQUIRED about is normally referred to as an INQUIRY (N). or query (N).
but maybe someone else has better insight?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| toe wrote: |
if you acquire (V) something, it becomes the acquisition (N). so, yes.
inquire = verb
inquisition IS a noun, but speaking of something that you INQUIRED about is normally referred to as an INQUIRY (N). or query (N). |
I agree. Heh heh, more wacky English.
LEt's see,
Inquire (V) is to ask;
Inquiry (N) is what you ask;
Inquisition (N) is the process of asking the questions. (No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!) |
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toe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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YES!
Bob S. that's EXACTLY what came to mind when i read "inquisition!" the spanish inquisition! seems a little harsh for everyday conversation--lol
thanks for clearing that up, because i was confusing myself! haha
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| toe wrote: |
| the spanish inquisition! seems a little harsh for everyday conversation--lol |
Heh, whenever I hear "The Inquisition", I'm less apt to think of Torquemada and more likely to think of a Monty Python skit or Mel Brooks' song with synchronized swimming nuns from History of the World, Pt I. |
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BMO
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Thank you all. I have heard about the Spanish Inquisition, but what is it?
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bud
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| Many centuries ago in Spain, the Catholics rooted out all the people of other religions through torture, killing, and exile. I believe when a person was suspected of not being a Christian, he would be taken in for questioning (an inquisition) to determine the truth. I belive that this may have lasted for decades. |
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BMO
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, but now I have a new question. There are only two branches of Christianity, Catholics and Protestants, right? |
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asterix
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, Methodists, Church of England, Presbyterian, Jehovah's Witnesses; are just a few of the different divisions of the Christian faith.
Even the believers can't agree on what it is they believe. |
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