In article , Chris wrote:

Sorry to gripe here, but the misuse of the word "inflammable" is silly and
can be dangerous.

Indeed it is, and you unfortunately are contributing to the confusion with
your own misuse of the word.

The prefix in- is a negation when applied to a root
word, examples:

inhospitable = not hospitable
insecure = not secure
inadmissable = not admissable
....
OK so far...

inflammable = not flammable

... but this is _dead_wrong_.

In this case, "in" is NOT a prefix applied to the root word and meaning "not"
but rather part of the root word itself, which is "inflame". "Inflammable" =
"capable of being inflamed", i.e. synonymous with flammable.

If something will combust it IS flammable (remember your chemistry
classes). Asbestos is (basically) inflammable.

No, it's not. Asbestos is absolutely non-flammable. Gasoline, e.g., is
inflammable.


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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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