Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et

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.
Nor is "whole".  But both of them can occur between "a" and "lot".

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