Talk:desideratum

English
Why is this used and not the gerundive of desiderare? 81.68.255.36 21:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

English quotations
Some quotations of use: Frequency:. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:14, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Money is probably a desideratum under almost any circumstance, though it is certainly possible to imagine limitations. 1968
 * Novelty for its own sake is not a desideratum in the sciences as it is in so many other creative fields. 1970
 * Now, it should again be evident from the examples that the desideratum of prospectivity can be a co-determinant of the ultimate content of the law, one independent of the soundness or probable effectiveness of the policy reflected in the law. 1985
 * Before beginning this project in Chapter Three, we want to present certain desiderata for a theory of argument structure and the diagramming system which represents it. 1991
 * Kuhn quotation from 1970 added. --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)