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1 | 20.00% |
| I am mediocre winner, many people easily make more |
  
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2 | 40.00% |
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09-13-2005, 12:17 PM
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Addictive or Addicting?
So which is the correct one? I know dictionary.com recognizes "addicting" but Collins and Oxford don't. Is this a US vs UK thing?
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09-13-2005, 01:17 PM
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Re: Addictive or Addicting?
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So which is the correct one? I know dictionary.com recognizes "addicting" but Collins and Oxford don't. Is this a US vs UK thing? [/ QUOTE ] you know, I was going to do this exact poll after reading a thread last night - don't remember which one it was though that being said, I think it sounds stupid when people say addicting
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09-13-2005, 01:21 PM
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Re: Addictive or Addicting?
Addictive is an adjective, addicting is a transitive verb.
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09-13-2005, 01:25 PM
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Re: Addictive or Addicting?
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Addictive is an adjective, addicting is a transitive verb. [/ QUOTE ] Well, addict's the transitive verb. Addicting is the gerund form of it. While it is a correct word, it is incorrectly used as a synonym of addictive. What I'm having a hard time thinking of is a correct example of the word addicting. One of you English major types help me out here.
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09-13-2005, 02:56 PM
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Re: Addictive or Addicting?
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Addictive is an adjective, addicting is a transitive verb. [/ QUOTE ] I'm talking about its use like this: "Nicotine is very addicting/addictive" What you're saying, if I understand correctly, is that the two are used as follows: "Nicotine is an addictive drug" "Nicotine is very addicting" And they're not interchangeable?
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09-13-2005, 03:43 PM
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Re: Addictive or Addicting?
sometimes the OED and other established dictionaries will put false words in their listing... forget where i read it, but dictionary.com got caught adding it to their database.
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