On Tuesday 10 February 2004 20:25, Roger D. Peng wrote: > Unfortunately, with English it's conceivable that they're both > correct. But the double 't' sounds/looks *more* correct to me. > Of course, this is coming from a native English speaker who is > generally unfamiliar with the rules of English. > > On the other hand: > > test --> testable? > arrest --> arrestable? > contest --> contestable? > detest --> detestable? > ... > > So maybe the single 't' is correct. Did that clear things up?
This is probably not a valid comparison, since test->testing whereas set->setting. Oxford (OED) lists the word 'settable' but not 'setable'. subsettable (or subsetable) is obviously an artificial word (we use subset as a verb), but presumably invented derivatives of 'subset' should behave in a manner similar to those of 'set'. Deepayan > > -roger > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I came across this in connection with an unrelated issue > > > >>beta[2] > > > > Error in beta[2] : object is not subsettable > > > >>beta[2] <- 5 > > > > Error in "[<-"(`*tmp*`, 2, value = 5) : object is not subsetable > > > > One of the messages must be wrong, but I need a native English speaker > > to tell me which one. > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
