Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et
| From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 26, 2003, 16:54 |
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> > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
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> > > Lately, I've seen alot of people misspelling the
> past tense and passive
> > > participle ending _-ed_ as **_-et_.
Lately I've seen a lot of people using the non-word
"alot" a lot.
If we're going to admit "alot" why not also admit
"afew", "alittle", "abunch" and "anumber". If I can
write "I have alot of ideas" I should be able to write
"I have acouple dollars," and "I have abunch of
grapes."
Just a nother in along list of pet peaves of which I
have more than afew.
--gary
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