Can you believe it? I had a great list of words that all go together, and someone stuck in a word that doesn't belong. Can you take it out for me?
- addict
- affect
- conflict
- extract
- inject
- object
- perfect
- project
- reject
- subject
- suspect
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I would say
Inject
All others are also nouns
Inject is the only one that can only be a verb
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1$\begingroup$ Ninja'd by 19 secs... But I'm wondering whether our answer is really what the OP had in mind... $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 18:16
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$\begingroup$ Right answer, but I had a different reason in mind ... although it actually ties in with your explanation! Upvote. :) $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 19:44
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3$\begingroup$ Is it stress related? All the nouns have stress on the first syllable, all the verbs on the last. $\endgroup$– LevieuxFeb 10, 2017 at 19:47
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$\begingroup$ Yep, that's what I was thinking!! All the words but one can be pronounced 2 ways (verb sounds one way, noun sounds another way). Same answer, different reason. I'll accept this as The Answer! $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 20:45
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Perhaps:
inject
Because the others are all:
both nouns* and verbs, whereas "inject" is only a verb
* I thought "perfect" and "affect" weren't nouns either but the dictionary says they are
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$\begingroup$ You might just say "all the others are ambiguous between nouns and verbs, or nouns and adjectives (in the case of perfect). Inject is NOT ambiguous; it's always a verb. $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 18:15
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1$\begingroup$ @Silenus: Levieux ninja'd both of us. :) $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 18:16
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$\begingroup$ Concur. Inject does not stand as a noun in English. The others can. $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 19:09
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$\begingroup$ Upvote, and the same comment I left for @Levieux. $\endgroup$ Feb 10, 2017 at 19:47
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Another possible answer would be
suspect
as it is the only word that cannot
be made into a new word by 'ion' to the end.
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$\begingroup$ Verrrrrry interesting! But I don't think "conflict" fits that rule either. $\endgroup$ Feb 12, 2017 at 0:22
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$\begingroup$ @CreatedByBrett I think your objection is in confliction with the inflection in this definition: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confliction ;) $\endgroup$– ErgwunFeb 12, 2017 at 10:36
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$\begingroup$ Wooooow! I had no idea "confliction" was a verb! (Even my browser says it's spelled wrong! lol) $\endgroup$ Feb 13, 2017 at 5:35
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I had suggested
"perfect" as the only adjective, but "subject" can also be an adjective, as in "He was subject to fits of hysteria".
