Re: OT: Research Paper Topic
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 9:36 |
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At 01:41 16.4.2003 -0700, Arthaey Angosii wrote:
>corpuses [corpi?])
_corpora_ since _corpus_ is a 3rd declension netuer noun in Latin,
NOT a second declension masculine. Weird, but these false friends
were inherited from PIE.
/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)
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