Re: USAGE: ei and ej (was: Front vowel tensing)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 3, 2001, 1:13 |
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Dan Jones scripsit:
> Bear
> in mind that most English people (the distinction is still preserved in
> Wales and Scotland IIRC) pronounce the verb ending -ing as /In/, anyway.
Not unnaturally, since standard -ing is a collapse of the old gerund
ending -ing and the old participle ending -and, the common
element of which is /In/.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter
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