Why does it happen?
as a non native speaker, I ve allways wondered why insted of blue-eye girl its spoken blue-eyed girl or red-haired , wooden pencil instead of wood pencil etc .So can someone explain to me?
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Words like 'wooden' and 'golden' are from centuries ago. We don't have many of those left in modern English. Body parts plus -ed indicates 'having'.
- Words like 'wooden' and 'golden' are from centuries ago.
- We don't have many of those left in modern English.
- Body parts plus -ed indicates 'having'.
- This is not the past tense of any verb; it's just another use of -ed .
- blue-eyed ~ having blue eyes long-legged ~ having long legs sure-footed ~ having "sure" feet (like mountain goats) ham-fisted ~ having fists as clumsy as a ham (not careful or gentle enough) CJ
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Words like 'wooden' and 'golden' are from centuries ago. We don't have many of those left in modern English.
Body parts plus -ed indicates 'having'. This is not the past tense of any verb; it's just another use of -ed.
blue-eyed ~ having blue eyes
long-legged ~ having long legs
sure-footed ~ having "sure" feet (like mountain goats)
ham-fisted ~ having f
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