Optional vs Observational - What's the difference?
optional | observational |
Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
(science) Based on or pertaining to scientific observation.
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Pertaining to observation in general.
As adjectives the difference between optional and observational
is that optional is not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective while observational is based on or pertaining to scientific observation.optional
English
Adjective
(-)- On that beach clothing is entirely optional .
Antonyms
* obligatory * mandatory * compulsoryobservational
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An alternative way of defending the proposal to conflate NP MOVEMENT with XP MOVEMENT would be to question the observational adequacy of the claim that NP MOVEMENT only ever has NP constituents as its target. Sentences such as the following (from Radford (1981), p. 210) might be used to support the claim that NP MOVEMENT can indeed ‘raise? constituents other than NP:
(23) (a) [AP Rather plump''] seems — to be how he likes his girlfriends
(23) (b) [PP ''In Paris''] seems — to be where they first met
(23) (c) [ADVP ''A little too casually''] seems — to have been how he addressed the judge
(23) (d) [CP ''For the Prime Minister to resign ] would seem — to be unthinkable
