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BMO



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:12 pm    Post subject: Acquire Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you make me think about things
i wouldn't normally think about!
Smile

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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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
Laughing
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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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing 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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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. Laughing
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BMO



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you all. I have heard about the Spanish Inquisition, but what is it?

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, but now I have a new question. There are only two branches of Christianity, Catholics and Protestants, right?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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