Why tenet rather than habet?
My feeling with those words is that habet mostly refers to actual objects, in a mundane sense (e.g. “I have a fork”), while tenet is more of an abstract “have” (e.g. “I have a belief”).
That seems plausible. (I don’t know enough to know whether it’s correct.) I like Jem’s dative construction better than either, I think.
My feeling with those words is that habet mostly refers to actual objects, in a mundane sense (e.g. “I have a fork”), while tenet is more of an abstract “have” (e.g. “I have a belief”).
That seems plausible. (I don’t know enough to know whether it’s correct.) I like Jem’s dative construction better than either, I think.