Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 28, 2003, 17:26 |
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--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:
>
> > > I agree that by themselves they don't break
> up
> > > a word, but you don't
> > > find "inde-big-fat-pendent", either.
> >
> > What's wrong with that? It fits your stress
> > requirement.
>
> What's wrong with it is that "big fat" is not a
> fucative.
Whatever else a fuckative may be, it's an
emphatic infix. As far as I can tell from the few
uses I've heard, you can stick just about
anything in there.
Padraic.
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la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.
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