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[Carrie]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Sep 27 2005, 02:26 PM']human is an adjective meaning something that is man-like.

i.e. that was a very [i]human[/i] action
it is a [i]human[/i] way of thinking
we are [i]human[/i] beings

//our beings are man-like//

man is the proper noun, we are all MEN

this is the english language.  if you don't like it, you can go speak french. 
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Oui?

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Sep 27 2005, 12:38 PM']no one uses the adjective human to describe man, that's department of redundancy departnment...

no one would say "I am a human man"
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No no no no....that is exactly what you would say to the alien invaders. Although, to say you are a human male would probably be more helpful. Of course, when their gender separation phase of the take-over of earth begins, you might lie. There's always a chance they'll throw you in with all the girls...

[Iacobus]

hu·man Audio pronunciation of "human" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hymn)
n.

1. A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens.

N means noun.

[Aloysius]

umm... dictionary and it's year please?

human, as with most adjectives, can be used as a noun. however, the word itself is the adjective form of the original "man"

you may have a revisionist PC dictionary.

anyway, my anthropology teacher told me this when tracing the etymology of the word "anthropology"

there are many other reasons he gave why the word "man" has no proper substitute, but the main reason it cannot be substituted with "human" without completely weaking it is because human is an adjective.

human being is the proper way to refer to "A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens." and I suspect your dictionary is just observing the fact that "human" is in common use as an abreviation of "human being". they drop the noun.

[Maria]

"if you don't like it, you can go speak french"

Oui, je le peux, mais je l'aime beaucoup, so I'll stick to speaking English.