Comments on: pertain toward http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/pertain-toward/ A blog mostly about language Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Annals of causativization « Arnold Zwicky's Blog http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/pertain-toward/#comment-10761 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:34:46 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=892#comment-10761 [...] Some discussion of causative progress here on this blog (along with causative pertain to/toward), starting with an e-mail exchange initiated [...]

]]> By: Joe http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/pertain-toward/#comment-833 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:38:06 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=892#comment-833 I often find myself using transitive verbs in that way, but only in my inner monologue, never aloud, since that would just confuse people.

As for the ‘pertain to/toward’ thing, it seems like most of the examples of using ‘toward’ don’t differ from ‘to’ in usage or effect to warrant using a whole different word. Though the first example is a good usage in my opinion.

“Trust seems to pertain toward your overall (longterm) feelings about someone.”

It seems like they’re trying to say that “trust pertains ‘in the general direction of’” and not, “pertains ‘directly to’”

I’m so glad I found someone out there that cares about this stuff as much as I do!

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