Date:    Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:44:45 -0400
<br>From:    "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: "incent"
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<br>On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Peter McGraw wrote:
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<br>> Gosh, I'm surprised at so many linguists (well, roughly two so far)
<br>> rejecting "incent."  C'mon, Bethany and Mark, are you sure you're not
<br>> rationalizing (linguistifying?  Or should I say "linguing"?) the secret
<br>> prescriptivist impulses we probably all harbor?
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<br>Well, all I can tell you is that I do not perceive that to be the case.
<br>And I try to stay on close terms with the Miss Fidditch that lives within
<br>me.
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<br>I don't even know whether we incent persons or things or processes. Do
<br>you? I. e., which of the ff Ss are grammatical?
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<br>Let's incent the workers to stay on the job.
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<br>Let's incent higher production.
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<br>Let's incent winning basketball.
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<br>Bethany
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