English grammar - pfah! (4 comments)
Dunx
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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!
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.
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.
Shalaina
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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.
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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