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OT: English usage question



Hello!

This has been annoying me since I joined the conlang community (which causes me
to write so much in English): is there any "trick" or "rule" that can help me
choosing between the suffix "-ic" and the suffix "-ical"? For example:
  historic vs. historical
  economic vs. economical
  mathematic vs. mathematical
  botanic vs. botanical
    etc.

Could anybody enlighten me?

(I know that this is not the most appropriate place to ask, but on Conlang a
question like this would probably generate 50+ off-topic responses, which I'm
sure nobody is waiting for).

Jan

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