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Daniel_Burfoot comments on Group Rationality Diary, Oct. 6-18, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 16 October 2015 05:14:34PM *  2 points [-]

Right, and the general rule is that adjectives coming from French/Latin typically conjugate into nouns by applying the -ity suffix, while German-origin adjectives do so by applying the -ness suffix.