picker-upper (was: Re: LC-01 genitive noun phrase s)
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 7:39 |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:12:19 -0600, Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
wrote:
> Muke Tever wrote:
>> Practice:
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>> 1. throw away + -er = ________
>> 2. blow up + -er = ________
>> 3. cast aside + -er = ________
>
> Hmm ...
>
> 1. Nothign sounds right. "Thrower away" probably sounds least wrong
> 2. "Blower upper", probably. "Blower up" works too, but it's probably
> not what I would say
> 3. Nothing sounds right. "Caster aside" probably sounds least wrong
>
> I'd probably just reword a sentence that required that to avoid the -er
> all together, saying something like "the person who threw it away"
My point exactly :x) Phrasal-verb + -er is just not that productive in
ordinary language.
*Muke!
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