Re: bless (adj)
| From: | John Leland <lelandconlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 24, 2004, 19:16 |
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In a message dated 8/24/04 9:38:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ababcock@PANIX.COM writes:
<< My perception is that AAVE has been moving toward a system in which
the bare verb, used adjectivally, *is* the passive participle. I think
this is a generalization from the consonant-cluster simplification
thing. >>
I see this all the time in my students' writing-- "old-fashion"for
"old-fashioned" etc.
John Leland
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