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How to fake a distinct perfectum participes of words that haven't got them?
For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here, I really need words like "read" to differ in the following scheme.
write writing written
hear hearing heard
say saying said
..... ..... .....
read reading read*
set setting set*
split splitting split*
I would like to use instead of read*, set* and split*, forms that are immediately recognizable by the english speaking as misspelled, arcane or naïve attempts at forming perfectum participes, and that wouldn't puzzle or annoy the user too much if they occasionallly appeared in error messages, tool tips etc. of a computer application.
So far the best I've come up with is to simply add a d:
readd - setd - splitd
but I'd like to know if there are better options.
How do young children deal with these forms? Do they make mistakes that might seem more sensible than my added d's?
write writing written
hear hearing heard
say saying said
..... ..... .....
read reading read*
set setting set*
split splitting split*
I would like to use instead of read*, set* and split*, forms that are immediately recognizable by the english speaking as misspelled, arcane or naïve attempts at forming perfectum participes, and that wouldn't puzzle or annoy the user too much if they occasionallly appeared in error messages, tool tips etc. of a computer application.
So far the best I've come up with is to simply add a d:
readd - setd - splitd
but I'd like to know if there are better options.
How do young children deal with these forms? Do they make mistakes that might seem more sensible than my added d's?
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[nq:1]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here,[/nq] Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind. Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere?
- [nq:1]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here,[/nq] Thanks for not dwelving.
- Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind.
- Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere?
- Eggcorn, anyone?
- Mike
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[nq:1]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here,[/nq]
Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind.
Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere? Eggcorn, anyone?
Mike
Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind.
Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere? Eggcorn, anyone?
Mike
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[nq:1]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here, I really need words like "read" to differ ... to simply add a d: readd - setd - splitd but I'd like to know if there are better options.[/nq]
readed, setted and splitted
[nq:1]How do young children deal with these forms?[/nq]
They make mistakes until they learn to use the correct form.
[nq:1]Do they mak
readed, setted and splitted
[nq:1]How do young children deal with these forms?[/nq]
They make mistakes until they learn to use the correct form.
[nq:1]Do they mak
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@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk:
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[nq:2]How do young children deal with these forms?[/nq]
[nq:1]They make mistakes until they learn to use the correct form.[/nq]
Actually, it is probably more correct to say that they follow the rules that they have already learned until they learn the exceptions to them.
David Wright Sr.
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[nq:2]How do young children deal with these forms?[/nq]
[nq:1]They make mistakes until they learn to use the correct form.[/nq]
Actually, it is probably more correct to say that they follow the rules that they have already learned until they learn the exceptions to them.
David Wright Sr.
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Young children are especially prone to apply the rules for regular verbs to irregular ones: I goed, etc.
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[nq:1]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here, I really need words like "read" to differ ... to simply add a d: readd - setd - splitd but I'd like to know if there are better options.[/nq]
Use -en, not d. If you're generating artificial
ungrammatical past participle forms, -en will
work in most cases, where -d will just be confused with past tense.
Use -en, not d. If you're generating artificial
ungrammatical past participle forms, -en will
work in most cases, where -d will just be confused with past tense.
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[nq:2]For the purpose of multilingual programming which I won't dwelve on here,[/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind. Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere? Eggcorn, anyone?[/nq]
I can see it now: people are going to ask if every possible mistake is an "eggcorn," and Chris is going to rue the day he made that site.
The way
[nq:1]Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where others weren't so kind. Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere? Eggcorn, anyone?[/nq]
I can see it now: people are going to ask if every possible mistake is an "eggcorn," and Chris is going to rue the day he made that site.
The way
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[nq:2]Thanks for not dwelving. Google found 897 instances where othersweren't so kind. Shouldn't "dwelve" be on a list somewhere? Eggcorn, anyone?[/nq]
[nq:1]I can see it now: people are going to ask if every possible mistake is an "eggcorn," and Chris is ... "Dwelve" isn't a word. "Dwelve" doesn't sound like (i.e., almost exactly like) "dwell," nor "delve." It can't be an eggcorn.[/nq]Did you
[nq:1]I can see it now: people are going to ask if every possible mistake is an "eggcorn," and Chris is ... "Dwelve" isn't a word. "Dwelve" doesn't sound like (i.e., almost exactly like) "dwell," nor "delve." It can't be an eggcorn.[/nq]Did you
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[nq:1]In fact, not only does it sound like "delve", it is typically used insteadof "delve."[/nq]
I meant to change this to "...when used, it is typically instead of "delve", but I forgot. .
Mike
I meant to change this to "...when used, it is typically instead of "delve", but I forgot. .
Mike
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[nq:1]weren't so[/nq]
[nq:2]I can see it now: people are going to ask ... is going to rue the day he made that site.[/nq]
Perhaps you thought I was being dead serious and could not hear the humorous exaggeration. It was in my fingertips when I typed.
[nq:2]The way *I* interpret "eggcorn," the pronunciations (the mistake and ... exactly like) "dwell," nor "delve." It can't be an eggcorn
[nq:2]I can see it now: people are going to ask ... is going to rue the day he made that site.[/nq]
Perhaps you thought I was being dead serious and could not hear the humorous exaggeration. It was in my fingertips when I typed.
[nq:2]The way *I* interpret "eggcorn," the pronunciations (the mistake and ... exactly like) "dwell," nor "delve." It can't be an eggcorn
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[nq:2]weren't so[/nq]
[nq:1]Perhaps you thought I was being dead serious and could not hear the humorous exaggeration. It was in my fingertips when I typed.[/nq]
[nq:2]Did you not read his reply to the post you ... patronizing.What is this, your personal mission to ensure Eggcorn Purity?[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, what you may not know, while some other people here do, is that I've been collecti
[nq:1]Perhaps you thought I was being dead serious and could not hear the humorous exaggeration. It was in my fingertips when I typed.[/nq]
[nq:2]Did you not read his reply to the post you ... patronizing.What is this, your personal mission to ensure Eggcorn Purity?[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, what you may not know, while some other people here do, is that I've been collecti
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