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some may enjoy reading The Curse of the Diaeresis by Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 2012-04-26. – gerryLowry. Feb 4, 2016 at 9:33. naïve is the correct and official spelling/writing but naive is accepted, mostly because people can't be bothered putting the two dots on the i. – user29418.
18 de out. de 2020 · naive or ingenuous. noun. a naive or ingenuous person. It is true that the first word derive from the French word that is the feminine word of naïf, but from the dictionary I get they have different meanings. naive is used only as adjective. naif has the same meaning of naive, but it means also ingenuous. Share.
Someone who thinks that bad things only happen to bad people would be described as naive. In other words, Ignorant people are Ipso Facto, People who Are and Always Will Be Ignorant, whereas Naieve people are merely in need of Some More Time to Grow Up. -1; ignorant does not always have a 'strong negative connotation'.
I understand why naïve is spelled with two dots, and that those dots are called a diaeresis. What I do not understand is whether the use of a diaeresis is legal in English; is it?
4. The origin of "naive" is the French word " naïve ". (Notice that the French " naïve " is italicized) As a French word, it is spelled naïve or naïf. (French adjectives have grammatical gender; naïf is used with masculine nouns while naive is used with feminine nouns.) The two dots above the "i" are called diaeresis.
2 de jan. de 2014 · 'Naive' is the opposite of 'cynical'. If you are naive, that may imply that you are ignorant of certain facts (like expectations of poor behavior of certain people) or it could mean that you think the best of people. One may be ignorant of algorithms for extracting roots of numbers, but tat doesn't translate to naivete. –
6 de out. de 2011 · If the person’s reason for hiding their wisdom and experience is not to con or hustle you, then there is probably not a good single word for it. False, artificial, feigned or fake1 innocence, inexperience, or naïveté are probably the phrases you could use. Or faux, if saying it in French appeals to you. Share. Improve this answer.
16 de out. de 2012 · I'd guess that "native or bilingual" is intended to mean that the language was spoken in the household in which you were raised rather than learned in the first instance at school, "bilingual" here meaning that you grew up in a household in which more than one language was spoken. –
2 de mar. de 2018 · 54. A "native speaker of English" refers to someone who has learned and used English from early childhood. It does not necessarily mean that it is the speaker's only language, but it means it is and has been the primary means of concept formation and communication. It means having lived in a truly English-speaking culture during one's formative ...
25 de ago. de 2016 · insane adjective . extremely unreasonable or stupid: It would be insane not to take advantage of this opportunity. mad adjective (SILLY) UK informal US usually crazy. extremely silly or stupid: [ + to infinitive ] You're mad to walk home alone at this time of night. He must be mad spending all that money on a coat.
