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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Please note, incentivise is not a real word.
Incite is the English equivalent.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 29 Jul 2013, 10:46, 1 reply, 12 years ago)
No it isn't.
That means something different.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 10:56, Reply)
It does in a world where you simply place "ise" on the end of a noun
to make a verb because you can't be arsed to learn the verb that is the original root of the noun.
Or if you want to sound grand in a presentation.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:02, Reply)
English is a living, evolving language.
You would sound like a prick in a presentation if you used incite in place of incentivise because it means something different.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)
OK, an example of where it wouldn't work please?

(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:14, Reply)
"in place of incentivise"

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:15, Reply)
My comment was about Swipey's use of it so
I take it that IYO "can't incite me to listen" would be incorrect.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:17, Reply)
In that instance, 'incite' would be incorrect.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:19, Reply)
I'm afraid I must concede defeat to
an obviously superior argumentiser.
(I helped save b3ta! edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:54, Reply)
"Motivate" would be an acceptable substitute.
"Incite" would not.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:59, Reply)
Thank you Kroney
I assume he'd looked up the word 'incite' and tried to cover his error.
(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 12:06, Reply)
Also, adding the suffix -ise to form a verb is hardly a new concept.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 11:28, Reply)

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