English grammar - pfah! (4 comments)
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Dunx


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English grammar - pfah!
posted Monday, August 24, 2009 - 04:35 AM (#49030)

OK, so english being pretty much a perpetual work-in-progress, with exceptions to every grammatical rule - which is it, slain or slayed?

(Drumroll...)

BOTH! Beat that, French language!


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tudza


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Re: English grammar - pfah! (Score: 1)
posted Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:32 PM (#49040)

You want to go to Esperantujo where all the verbs are guaranteed to be regular.


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Bibliophile


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Re: English grammar - pfah! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:36 PM (#49051)

Could it also be Slew? George slew the dragon. = I ran to the store? The dragon was slain by George. The dragon was slew by George. Poo, now I can't tell if slew is present tense or past tense. I shouldn't post at this time of night.


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Re: English grammar - pfah! (Score: 1)
posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 03:48 AM (#49052)

Both? Wow, didn't know that, slayed sounds distinctly odd to my ears.


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Dunx


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Re: English grammar - pfah! (Score: 1)
posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 03:10 PM (#49056)

I slew the lunchlady.

I have slain the traffic warden.

I slayed the dude talking in the cinema.

Does that clear things up a little? Context is king.


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