Talk:proper
Latest comment: 4 years ago by SemperBlotto in topic Noun Example
Proper and suitable
[edit]What's the difference (subtle I know) between proper and suitable--81.43.215.113 13:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
- Suitable = fits the purpose; good enough; will do the job. Proper = strictly correct; the right one to use. Equinox ◑ 10:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
characteristic of somebody ; rigidly polite, or exhibiting excessive formality
[edit](postpositive) followed by to: belonging to or characteristic of a person or thing 2. excessively correct in conduct; vigorously moral Collins Concise English Dictionary
I don't think these are added yet --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Noun Example
[edit]Is this an example for the noun use case?
Work on symbolic/knowledge-based learning did continue within AI, leading to inductive logic programming, but the more statistical line of research was now outside the field of AI proper, in pattern recognition and information retrieval.
I've found it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning#History_and_relationships_to_other_fields.
Hybrid Dog (talk) 11:06, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- No. That's the postpositive adjective. SemperBlotto (talk) 11:08, 5 March 2020 (UTC)