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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 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.