Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 28, 2003, 22:01 |
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On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:28:59PM +0000, Tim May wrote:
> Mark J. Reed wrote at 2003-12-28 12:58:56 (-0500)
> > Except you can't. The word "fucking" is the only
> > universally-infixable fucative, in fact.
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> I'm not so sure about that.
Overediting on my part. My statement was not meant to
be a universal; I try to avoid those, as they are usually
untenable. I meant to say "is just about the only..."
> I think "bloody" and "goddamn" can go just about anywhere "fucking" can.
Indeed.
-Mark