Tim and others
Putting my old editor's hat back on for a minute, I'd suggest that if
you want a consistent rule, use -ional. Although compressive and
transpressive are certainly acceptable alternatives to compressional
and transpressional, it doesn't apply so well to the tensional cases.
i.e.Tensive or transtensive wouldn't be written, and extensive has
a different meaning.
Apologies from an Englishwoman for inflicting such a complex
language on the World. I'm just glad I don't have to grapple with
the nuances of Flemish or Japanese.
Best wishes, Sue Treagus
Dr S.H. Treagus
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
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