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.
According to Colwell
Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae.
Presentation
Transportation
Adaptation
Exploitation
Interpretation
etc…
As opposed to presention, transportion, adaption (though it is a word), exploition, interpretion…
Good ones!
Okay, how many can you find that end vowel-t-e and take -ation instead of -tion? I have:
note: notation
excite: excitation
On the initial one…how about: meditation, levitation, & lactation?