Oxford English Dictionary (online)
Subset, v.
trans. To underlet, sublet.
1681 STAIR Inst. Law Scot. I. xiii. 253 As the half may be sub-sett, so any other
right less then the value of the half, is sustained as an Infeftment of warrandice.
1752 Scots Mag. Nov. 551/2 A small farm.., which he had subset at about 6 l. Sterling
per annum. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 381 A missive of tack,..which made no mention of
assignees,..was..found, neither capable of being assigned, nor subset. 1806 SCOTT Fam.
Lett. (1894) I. 35, I have subset the whole of the sheep farm. 1838 W. BELL Dict. Law
Scot. 582 To assign or subset a lease of the ordinary endurance of nineteen years.
b. absol. or intr.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 379 A tack of lands does not imply a power, either to
assign, or even to subset. 1838 W. BELL Dict. Law Scot. 582 In such leases..an express
authority to assign or subset must be given.
Hence subsetting vbl. n.; subsettable a., capable of being subset.
a1722 FOUNTAINHALL Decis. I. 454 The axiom against sub-setting is only against an
assignment... But a sub-set is lawful, and was so found 12 March 1686. 1765-8 ERSKINE
Inst. Law Scot. II. vi. §33 (1773) 265 It remains a doubt, whether the power of
subsetting is implied in the nature of a tack, without a special clause. Ibid., By a
subset the principal tacksman is not changed. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 379 All tacks,
likewise, that are to subsist for a great length of time, are also assignable, as well
as subsettable.
Latchezar Dimitrov
PS. So you better ask non-native English speakers :-)
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> On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 21:14, Deepayan Sarkar wrote:
> > 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
>
>
> OK...wait a minute. I just found the following at:
>
> http://grammar.uoregon.edu/spelling1.html
>
> [Go Ducks!]
>
> To Wit:
>
> DOUBLING A FINAL CONSONANT WHEN ADDING A SUFFIX: from
> "Correct Spelling Made Easy" (p. 69)
>
>
> 1) The word must end in just one consonant.
>
> Compel (l + ed or ing) = Compelled; Compelling
>
> But Not : Resist (+ ed or ing) = Resisted; Resisting
>
>
> 2) There must be only one vowel before the final single consonant.
>
> Refer (r + ed or ing) = Referred; Referring
>
> But Not: Appear = Appeared; Appearing
>
>
> 3) The last syllable of the verb must receive the accent.
>
> Commit (accent on mit) = Committed; Committing
>
> But Not: Profit = Profited; Profiting
>
>
> 4) The suffix to be added must start with a vowel--in order
> to double the final consonant.
>
> Defer (r + ed) = Deferred
>
> But Not: Defer + ment) Deferment
>
>
> So, if these rules are correct, it should be "subsetable", as
> 'subset' meets 1, 2 and 4, but fails 3, as the accented
> syllable according to various dictionaries is 'sub' and not 'set'.
>
> Is it too late to change my vote?
>
> Thus, 'testing' fails due to rule 1 ('st'), whereas it is
> 'setting' due to 'et'.
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc
>
> <I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming
> of...well...programming...>
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