Re: (In)transitive verbs
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 12, 2004, 13:37 |
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 12:13:17PM -0500, David Barrow wrote:
> A couple of ways to remember which is which
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> a) the intransitive is strong (irregular) the transitive weak (regular)
> rise rose risen raise raised raised or rear reared reared
> fall fell fallen fell felled felled
> lie lay lain lay laid laid
> sit sat sat set set set
Strong/weak, yes, but how exactly does "set, set, set" qualify as
"regular"? Regular would be "set, setted, setted". And there's
no regular "-etted" -> -"et" rule: "let" works like "set"; "fret",
"jet", "net", and "vet" always keep the -ed; "bet" and "pet" can
go either way; and "get" is hopelessly irregular anyway. :)
-Mark
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