Date:    Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:29:34 -0400
<br>From:    "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: "incent"
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<br>The problem I have with forms like "incent" is semantic: what EXACTLY does
<br>it mean? It seems to me that it can mean variously "provide incentive" or
<br>"provoke" or "fail to provide disincentive," etc.
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<br>The same thing happens with the relatively new tr verb "grow" as in "to
<br>grow the economy" -- does it mean "improve the economy" [and, if so, by
<br>whose standards?] or "increase the GNP" or "decrease inflation"??? Who
<br>knows?
<br>
<br>Bethany
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