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Bubu prasant Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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00It's been a long time since I visitted this forums last. My reagards and best wishes to you all. Please accept my good greetings to you all. 02br
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00And here is my question 02br
00I would like to know if there is any spelling rules for the words below. 02br
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00*Expend=expenditure 02br
00*Mix = Mixture 02br
00[why is a 'T' there in noun forms of the words above?] 02br
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00Apologetical [Why is a 'T' their in the adjective form of apology] 02br
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00*Editorial 02br
00why is is editoRIAL and not editoRAL? 02br
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00*Panicking 02br
00Is there any rule to put a K for the 'ing' form? 02br
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00Thank you 02br
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0Not easy questions, Bubu, and I am only trying to answer some, because no one else has: 02br 02br 02br 00'Expenditure', my dictionary says, is irregularly formed from 'expend', so no reason beyond history of use is accessible. 02br 02br 00'Mixture' has a 't' because it is derived from the Latin 01i 00mixtus02i 00-- again from my dictionary. 02br 02br 00'Apologetic' goes all the way back to Greek 01i 00apologetikos02i 00.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Not easy questions, Bubu, and I am only trying to answer some, because no one else has: 02br 02br 02br 00'Expenditure', my dictionary says, is irregularly formed from 'expend', so no reason beyond history of use is accessible.
  • 02br 02br 00'Mixture' has a 't' because it is derived from the Latin 01i 00mixtus02i 00-- again from my dictionary.
  • 02br 02br 00'Apologetic' goes all the way back to Greek 01i 00apologetikos02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00'-Ial' and '-al' are two different forms of the same adjective suffix.
  • 'Manorial', 'senatorial'-- '-ial' was probably chosen for its sonority with the preceding liquid 'r'.
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0Not easy questions, Bubu, and I am only trying to answer some, because no one else has: 02br
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00'Expenditure', my dictionary says, is irregularly formed from 'expend', so no reason beyond history of use is accessible. 02br
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00'Mixture' has a 't' because it is derived from the Latin 01i00mixtus02i00-- again from
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0 wow! What an answer !! Wish I was rich enough to send a $20 for that. Great answer Mr micawbwer. THANK YOU. 0-
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