Did go
went is the inflected form of go. When I replace went with did go, can I say that did go is inflected?
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Normally inflections are single words. I suppose you could say that "did go" is an inflection of "do go", but I wouldn't call it an inflection of "go". Anonymous went is the inflected form of go.
- Normally inflections are single words.
- I suppose you could say that "did go" is an inflection of "do go", but I wouldn't call it an inflection of "go".
- Anonymous went is the inflected form of go.
- Technically I'm not sure that this is correct.
- By derivation, "went" is actually an inflected form of a separate verb "wend" (now rare) which for some reason has come to be used as the past tense of "go".
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Normally inflections are single words. I suppose you could say that "did go" is an inflection of "do go", but I wouldn't call it an inflection of "go".
Anonymouswent is the inflected form of go.
Technically I'm not sure that this is correct. By derivation, "went" is actually an inflected form of a separate verb "wend" (now rare) which for some reason
0Anonymouswent is the inflected form of go. When I replace went with did go, can I say that did go is inflected?
If you are equating "inflected form" with "finite form", then yes, you can say that. Actually "did" is inflected, and "go" is not, but it may well be that you don't need to cut it so finely for your purpo
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