--- In [email protected], "Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:40 PM [GMT+1=CET], > David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, in French "inhabitable" means "uninhabitable"! > > Is that because the French word 'habitable' means 'inhabitable' in English? > Bob > The French word means habitable and inhabitable in English. Inhabitable in French means uninhabitable in English. Flammable in English means inflammable. There may have been some intended differnece but that's lost in history. To avoid confusion, we are encouraged to use flammable, with non-flammable as its opposite. Steve
