Talk:proper

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Latest comment: 4 years ago by SemperBlotto in topic Noun Example
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Proper and suitable

[edit]

What's the difference (subtle I know) between proper and suitable--81.43.215.113 13:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Suitable = fits the purpose; good enough; will do the job. Proper = strictly correct; the right one to use. Equinox 10:47, 7 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

characteristic of somebody ; rigidly polite, or exhibiting excessive formality

[edit]
(postpositive) followed by to: belonging to or characteristic of a person or thing 
2. excessively correct in conduct; vigorously moral
Collins Concise English Dictionary   

I don't think these are added yet --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 25 August 2019 (UTC)Reply


Noun Example

[edit]

Is this an example for the noun use case?
Work on symbolic/knowledge-based learning did continue within AI, leading to inductive logic programming, but the more statistical line of research was now outside the field of AI proper, in pattern recognition and information retrieval.
I've found it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning#History_and_relationships_to_other_fields.
Hybrid Dog (talk) 11:06, 5 March 2020 (UTC)Reply