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Re: (In)transitive verbs

From:Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
Date:Thursday, February 12, 2004, 19:44
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. > >
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Replies

Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>