Re: irregularities
From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 14, 2001, 17:09 |
David Peterson wrote:
>
>In a message dated 6/13/01 9:20:03 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
><< Now, what about "burnt"/"burned"? Both spellings are considered correct,
>right? For some reason, /b@(r)nd/ sounds wrong to my (non-native) ears - I
>say /b@(r)nt/. What about you natives? >>
>
> "Burnt" is an adjective; "burned" is a noun.
A noun? I'm sure I've never come across a noun "burned" - what does it mean?
Or did you mean a verb?
Andreas
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