Re: (In)transitive verbs

Looks like nobody agrees about what is regular or
irregular in english verbs, ant the same about he
number of syllables in an english word.

This is quite satisfactory for a foreigner.

--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>:
>
> > --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> >
> > > "Regular" and "irregular" merely indicates
> > > conformance and non-conformance,
> > > respectively, to some set of rules.
> >
> > A good reason NOT to use those terms in this
> > context! Sing-sang-sung is perfectly regular.
>
> Not according to the set of rules that says that
> English preterites and
> perfects are formed by adding -ed, period. That
> that's an IMNSHO poorly chosen
> set is beside the point.
>
> And if we chose a Germanesque approach to
> classifying English verbs, which I'd
> rather like to, is-was-been is still screamingly
> irregular.
>
>
Andreas


=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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