Talk:going
RFV discussion: August 2019
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RFV adjective sense 2:
- 2. That attends habitually or regularly.
- 3. Current, prevailing.
- The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
Need usage example(s) that show how sense 2 is distinct from sense 3. Mihia (talk) 00:23, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- I guess this is meant to represent -going as in artgoing, balletgoing, beachgoing, churchgoing, cinemagoing, clubgoing, concertgoing, congoing, dancegoing, filmgoing, mosque-going, moviegoing, museumgoing, operagoing, partygoing, playgoing, racegoing, schoolgoing, synagogue-going, temple-going, theatregoing, and zoogoing. --Lambiam 08:25, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- Oh yes, of course, thanks, I think you must be right. I have elaborated it. Whether this "going" is in itself an adjective seems to be another question. Mihia (talk) 11:13, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- In the agent noun churchgoer the morpheme go is clearly a verb, so it is reasonable to interpret the going part of churchgoing as a participle of the verb go. Compare fun-loving and meat-eating; hopefully no one will claim that in these compound adjectives the components loving and eating are adjectives. --Lambiam 12:34, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- I agree with you. "church-going" means going to church (regularly), so it seems to be the (verbal) participle. I have moved it. Mihia (talk) 12:55, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- In the agent noun churchgoer the morpheme go is clearly a verb, so it is reasonable to interpret the going part of churchgoing as a participle of the verb go. Compare fun-loving and meat-eating; hopefully no one will claim that in these compound adjectives the components loving and eating are adjectives. --Lambiam 12:34, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 22:01, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
especially after a noun phrase with a superlative
Also after a superlative as such
(Postpositive) available: the best going https://www.wordreference.com/definition/going
--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
It's quite hard going
Wht meaning is used in It's quite hard going --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Backinstadiums: That would be definition 4, conditions for advancement. Kiwima (talk) 19:17, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Kiwima: then it should specify it's an uncountable use --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:09, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Pronunciation spelling
goin' reads Pronunciation spelling of going. --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:41, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
RFV discussion: October–November 2021
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Rfv-sense: pregnancy; gestation; childbearing — This unsigned comment was added by QuickPhyxa (talk • contribs) at 21:31, 20 October 2021 (UTC).
cited Kiwima (talk) 22:26, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
- The citations, which are all of going with child/young, would seem to belong at go with or, possibly, go. ] even has a usage example with going with child. All 3 defining words given also fall the substitution test in going with child. DCDuring (talk) 22:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
RFV-failed. Citations moved to go with Kiwima (talk) 04:05, 26 November 2021 (UTC)