Re: †††LC-01 genitive noun phrase s

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:08:46 -0500, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
wrote:
>>
>> No you don't.  I know people do say such things - but it sounds
>> odd to me - a bit "more better" that I hear from my some of my
>> students.
>
> I produce "picker up" spontaneously all the time, and have done so my
> entire life. I do also produce "picker upper", but that form is self-
> consciously incorrect and only ever used for silliness and similar
> purposes.
Not a small problem with "picker upper" is that it's already a stock
phrase from advertising-speak for a paper-towel company.

The other problem is that [phrasal verb]+[agentive -er] isn't particularly
productive in English, so results arent going to be predictable.

Practice:

        1.  throw away + -er = ________
       2.  blow up + -er    = ________
       3.  cast aside + -er = ________

I hold severe doubts to both *|thrower awayer| and *|awaythrower|, built
on the patterns discussed in this thread.


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