Re: USAGE: -ic(al) Re: [CONLANG] Most developed conlang
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 28, 2007, 19:36 |
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On 4/28/07, Alex Fink <a4pq1injbok_0@...> wrote:
> That must have something to do with the fact that "politic" has stress on
> the antepenult, not in the same place as "political", unlike (as far as I
> see) any of the other -ic / -ical pairs.
Actually, it varies with meaning for me. The noun "politics" has
stress on the first syllable, as does the adjective in the set phrase
"the body politic", but as a general adjective meaning "polite",
"politic" has the stress on the middle syllable.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>