Sonorous greetings to all Agorians!!

I haven’t been able to connect to the Agora for several weeks now, but I thought it’s my server refusing to serve me.

Now, finally connecting, I saw the the latest post dates from middle November, so I guess the Agora was shut down again by some sinister forces.

Anyway, now that we’re back (hopefully I’m not writing to a void…), could someone please tell me what is the difference between limit and limitation?

cheers
norio

Yes, I’ve been checking the Agora daily and to no avail.
It was a nice surprise, this morning, to find it online again after all this time off.

Now I just didn’t know Mr. Paul Payack.

I hope to have news from all of you soon, it’s good not to feel like a motherless child anymore…

WQ

[quote author=norio link=board=wordsuggest;num=1102563897;start=0#0 date=12/08/04 at 22:44:57]Anyway, now that we’re back (hopefully I’m not writing to a void…), could someone please tell me what is the difference between limit and limitation?

To me, «limit», at least in its core meaning, is concrete and physical, while «limitation» more properly describes the state of having limits. Viewpoints ?...

Henri

PS : Glad to see that the Agora has managed to overcome certain recent limitations in its availability….

Etymonline.com states:

c.1375, "boundary, frontier," from O.Fr. limite "a boundary," from L. limitem (nom. limes) "a boundary, embankment between fields, border," related to limen "threshold." Colloquial sense of "the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable" is from 1904. The verb is c.1380, from O.Fr. limiter, from L. limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes. In British company names, Limited (abbrev. Ltd.), 1855, is short for limited liability company, one in which the liability of partners is limited, usually to the amount of their capital investment.

Initially, I had wondered if the verb came before the noun, since limitation clearly is derived from the original Latin verb structure.  But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

-Tim

Allright,  :D, so good to know that one can answer in the positive Pink Floyd’s question, "Is there anybody out there?"

Funny, for the past month I couldn’t connect to the Agora, but I got the WoTD allright.

Now, we’re back on, but the WoTD tardies…

There must be a limitation for what one could wish for.

thanks

norio

To know one’s own limitations, to know the reach and limits of one’s abilities.—A. R. Wallace.

Sitran

[quote author=Sitran link=board=wordsuggest;num=1102563897;start=0#5 date=12/10/04 at 05:11:32]"If anyone finds it helpful to believe that the ghost of the Past Subjunctive inhabits the Simple Past Indicative, be my guest." -Jack Wilkerson

Thanks, Jack !...

Henri