Re: NATLANG: icelandic, finnish, english

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> > A lot of older English texts with otherwise
> > apparently modern spelling spell 'diverse'
> > as 'divers'. When did the final -e become usual?
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>I think it's still spelled as /divers/ in British
>English. /diverse/ has pretty much always been the
>American standard.
'Divers' and 'diverse' are two different words; the former is obsolescent,
and means roughly 'several'.

Ian

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