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

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, December 27, 2003, 21:21
--- Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:

> The simple fact of the matter is that you will > not find "alot" in any English dictionary.
There's alot of things tha won't find in the dictionary! Get used to it! :) I like that notion of alot being a quantifier. In this usage, it is clearly not the noun "lot" though it's related. Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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