← Back to context Comment by semiquaver 5 days ago ligatures, not ligations 7 comments semiquaver Reply efilife 5 days ago Interestingly, they are called ligations on the submitted website swiftcoder 5 days ago "ligation" is the verb-form (i.e. making something with/into ligatures).I'm not sure however that the verb form makes all that much sense in the context the website uses it... masfuerte 5 days ago English is great at exceptions, but I'm nearly sure anything ending in -ation is a noun. Ligation certainly is.Ligation is (among other things) the act of applying a ligature. So it does make sense. 3 replies → Freak_NL 5 days ago I have no idea why they chose 'ligation' instead of just ligature, but it was jarring every time I encountered it.
efilife 5 days ago Interestingly, they are called ligations on the submitted website swiftcoder 5 days ago "ligation" is the verb-form (i.e. making something with/into ligatures).I'm not sure however that the verb form makes all that much sense in the context the website uses it... masfuerte 5 days ago English is great at exceptions, but I'm nearly sure anything ending in -ation is a noun. Ligation certainly is.Ligation is (among other things) the act of applying a ligature. So it does make sense. 3 replies →
swiftcoder 5 days ago "ligation" is the verb-form (i.e. making something with/into ligatures).I'm not sure however that the verb form makes all that much sense in the context the website uses it... masfuerte 5 days ago English is great at exceptions, but I'm nearly sure anything ending in -ation is a noun. Ligation certainly is.Ligation is (among other things) the act of applying a ligature. So it does make sense. 3 replies →
masfuerte 5 days ago English is great at exceptions, but I'm nearly sure anything ending in -ation is a noun. Ligation certainly is.Ligation is (among other things) the act of applying a ligature. So it does make sense. 3 replies →
Freak_NL 5 days ago I have no idea why they chose 'ligation' instead of just ligature, but it was jarring every time I encountered it.
Interestingly, they are called ligations on the submitted website
"ligation" is the verb-form (i.e. making something with/into ligatures).
I'm not sure however that the verb form makes all that much sense in the context the website uses it...
English is great at exceptions, but I'm nearly sure anything ending in -ation is a noun. Ligation certainly is.
Ligation is (among other things) the act of applying a ligature. So it does make sense.
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I have no idea why they chose 'ligation' instead of just ligature, but it was jarring every time I encountered it.