Re: Question about a grammatical term
From: | Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> |
Date: | Thursday, October 3, 2002, 2:31 |
--- Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
> Actually, I'm wondering whether this is any
> different from compounding. True,
> the two words are written separately. But that's a
> graphical issue only.
Indeed. It's a vagary of English spelling; and we have
similar compounds that are in fact written together
(housekey, password, newsgroup, etc.)
> Christophe.
Padraic.
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raps il tenós mathin la ngouerma;
mays comez le nces il luchets le secund.
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