Tation vs Tion
Following on the “fragmentation” post, can you come up with words that, like fragmentation, segmentation, documentation, and regimentation get the extra “ta” but do not have roots ending in “ment” (like fragment, document, etc.)? Post them here as comments. I have thought of two so far.
July 13th, 2006 at 6:32 am
Presentation
Transportation
Adaptation
Exploitation
Interpretation
etc…
As opposed to presention, transportion, adaption (though it is a word), exploition, interpretion…
July 18th, 2006 at 3:41 am
Good ones!
July 18th, 2006 at 8:08 am
Okay, how many can you find that end vowel-t-e and take -ation instead of -tion? I have:
note: notation
excite: excitation