Capital Gains Tax

[fungus pudding]

I dont believe ept is actually a word , even if inept is a word , and the best definition of the acronym EPT on the internet was 'excess profits tax' so thats what you meant right? coz it fits in well !

The opposite of inept is adept.

[Bjauck]

The opposite of inept is adept.

"Ept" is a perfectly valid word (see my post above) and was used appropriately by BP in conveying his meaning.

[fungus pudding]

"Ept" is a perfectly valid word (see my post above) and was used appropriately by BP in conveying his meaning.

Precisely why I didn't say it wasn't. However it is not universally excepted. In my scrabble playing days it was not a permitted word.

[Bjauck]

Precisely why I didn't say it wasn't. However it is not universally excepted. In my scrabble playing days it was not a permitted word.

I would say that its meaning is understood even if "adept" is the preferred antonym to "inept". Who does not accept the word "ept"?

As a matter of interest Did you allow dialect words or American spellings for scrabble?

[fungus pudding]

I would say that its meaning is understood even if "adept" is the preferred antonym to "inept". Who does not accept the word "ept"?

As a matter of interest Did you allow dialect words or American spellings for scrabble?

I have just checked the official scrabble dictionary 'scrabblewordfinder.org' , and surprisingly it's still not there. I'm not sure how 'official' the online one is - I'd never seen or used it before. I used to have the official one that listed all words that were acceptable, English or American, a compilation from all dictionaries - and I'm sure it wasn't in there - but that's going back a while. But yes, it doesn't take much to realise what is meant - so I would not argue that it is not a legitimate word; just that it is not universally accepted.

[macduffy]

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[Bjauck]

Deleted - too tangential.