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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

2-room / roomed

0We can say 00'2-room 01b00apartment'02b00 or 00'2-roomed apartment'.02br
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00I would like to know why '002-roomed' 00is possible when there is no such word as 01b00'02b00roomed00'. 02br
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0 '2-roomed apartment'02br 02br 00 is a perversion to me, created by people who think that everything can/should be written in the passive, just to show activity or results of activity. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 '2-roomed apartment'02br 02br 00 is a perversion to me, created by people who think that everything can/should be written in the passive, just to show activity or results of activity.
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0 '2-roomed apartment'02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10'2-roomed apartment'12br
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10is a perversion to me, created by people who think that everything can/should be written in the passive, just to show activity or results of activity. 12br
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11b01i00...everything can/should be written in
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10We can say 10'2-room 11b10apartment'12b10 or 10'2-roomed apartment'.12br
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10I would like to know why '102-roomed' 10is possible when there is no such word as 11b10'12b10roomed10'. 12br
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0 Definitely "two-room apartment"! 0-
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00A separate pavilion is provided for mothers and infants, and infirm females, and also a 01b00two-roomed02b00 cottage for married couples. 01b00...02b02br
00users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Fylde/ - 16k - 05000 - 05102td
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0 Aberration: Making verbs and participles out of every possible noun. 02br
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00 However, I have to agree there are many examples on the BBC sites with the "two-roomed." Practically none on the New York Times. 0-
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0 Let me amend - two-room apartment - Definitely correct in the U.S. 0-
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