In a teacher letter sent home to my family, the teacher keeps using this and we don't think it is a word and it isn't in any dictionaries.
2006-08-29 09:05:43 · 8 answers · asked by Diego 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I agree with previous posts - no. Sounds to me like an unnecessary back-formation from 'continuation'. A parallel example which became acceptable usage generations ago is 'to orientate' from 'orientation'. The original verb was 'to orient'.
orient -> orienation : orientation<- orientate
continue -> continuation : continuation <- continuate
2006-08-29 09:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by palaver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not in the dictionaries/dictionary functions I have just checked. But it is used on websites. A goggle search brings up some technical usage.
It looks like a bastardization from the tech/US world.
Are you in US?
2006-08-29 09:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so... But it might be an old word that they don't have in the modern dictionaries. But why they would use it is beyond me...
2006-08-29 09:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is a word. Also "shub" is a word. Just because they mean nothing doesn't imply they are not words. They are meaningless words.
2006-08-29 10:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, you are right. there is no such word as continuated. it's probably his version of a past tense for continual !!
continual, continuance, continuant, continuation, continuative, continuator.
continue, continuing, continuity, continuous, continuum, continued.
2006-08-29 09:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by babytalk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Continued" will do just fine.
2006-08-29 09:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by x 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-08-29 09:11:45 · answer #7 · answered by JW 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-29 09:10:01 · answer #8 · answered by 1993 FLSTF 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋