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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Help tragic/tragical!!

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02br 02br 00This is similar to "Some German cars tend to have more electrical / 01del 00electric 02del 00problems than the Japanese cars". 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00This is similar to "Some German cars tend to have more electrical / 01del 00electric 02del 00problems than the Japanese cars".
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00I have heard people say "tragic accident" or "tragic event/ ending",but rearely with "tragical".02br
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00This is similar to "Some German cars tend to have more electrical / 01del00electric 02del00problems than the Japanese cars". 0-
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0 If "tragical" is a word, I've lived 41 years without ever hearing it. 0-
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0What about this:02br
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0 Yes, it's a word.02br
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00Magic is also a word. So is magical. 02br
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00The dictionaly does list "tragical." I have never seen it, heard it, or used it. Perhaps it has a healthier life over in other parts of the English-speaking world. 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10If "tragical" is a word, I've lived 41 years without ever hearing it.12blockquote
10Hi Barbara02br
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00'Tragical' can be found in this dictionary.02br
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0 My reply didn't "stick."02br
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00I acknowledged it's a word in the dictionary. It doesn't change the fact that I have never seen it, heard it, or used it, and I would not use it in the future when "tragic" serves just as well with no difference in meaning. As for "tragicalness" -- has anyone EVER seen that used?02br
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0Barb, just think that in my dictionary 'tragical' does not exist 05000 but 'tragicalness' does ... anyway I've never heard any of them in movies.010id37
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0Per haps it would be more productive and beneficial for the learners to do a little bit more reading, and focus on how the natives use the language; more importantly, how to apply certain words to a specific context. 00 00There are probably thousands of words in the dictionary which are found but rarely used in modern English for various reasons as GG pointed out as many had served thei
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0 There are all sorts of words used in the UK that don't find much airtime here, so it's good to hear from a broader group of folks before you write a word off for good, but... brunet, anyone? 0-
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