writing help...

soda · Post by **soda** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:28 am

Is "resignation, termination and retirement" okay? Is there a retire-ation type word to use instead?

resignate, terminate, retire-ate
resign, terminate, retire
resignation, termination, retire-ation

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:28 am

I believe there is one, yes.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:19 am

Hi! What would be the difference between retireation and retirement?

klet · Post by **klet** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:47 pm

Nope, there's no retireation. Whether it's correct to use "resignation, termination and retirement" depends on the context. I can't think of an example in which it would be incorrect, but there might be a random example where using retirement like that would be incorrect.

By the way, in your first row of words, the only real word is terminate. That's because if you want to use a single word as opposed to a phrase, resign and retire only exist in the intransitive form. The transitive form would have to be something like "make him/me/them/her resign" or "force him/me/them/her to retire."

As for your second row, I'd be careful about using terminate in an intrasitive way. I'm sure it's doable, but it would just sound awkward. Just don't use it to refer to yourself unless you use it in a passive sense. i.e. "I was terminated." Then you get into passives, which most English teachers don't like very much.

Too much info.?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:03 pm

You will be resignated!

The english language is always changing, so maybe if you start using retireation then it'll be a real word in the future?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:03 pm

When?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:04 pm

When you grow old and have grandchildren, cloud!

shellie · Post by **shellie** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:04 pm

I personally like resignate. No, it's not a word... but I like the sound of it! It sounds firm and determined. I think I'll use that one next time I'm mad... "I RESIGNATE!" and then I'll storm out of the room.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:22 pm

Personally, moi, I'm resigned to the idea that many people use "not-words" so often that they enter the dictionary.

I'd love to terminate THAT practice, though.

Sorry... I think I'll just go retire to the Stupid Person Hole (tm) now.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:17 pm

shellie wrote:I personally like resignate. No, it's not a word... but I like the sound of it! It sounds firm and determined. I think I'll use that one next time I'm mad... "I RESIGNATE!" and then I'll storm out of the room.

You always crack me up, shell-belle

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:46 pm

I always liked abdication. Sounds royal. Secession is good too.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:46 pm

Yes it sounds like it to me too, blueheaven.

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:24 am

Speaking of "non-words", I had to educate a coworker recently.

There is no such word as - Conversate

When two or more people converse, they are having a conversation.

Ok I'll stop now.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:24 am

Why not?

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:45 pm

TAR-nation!