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- Is there some useful rule of thumb to distinguish words with the suffix . . .
Etymonline gives a detailed history of suffix -ence -ense is actually not a suffix the way -ence ance is word-forming element attached to verbs to form abstract nouns of process or fact (convergence from converge), or of state or quality (absence from absent); ultimately from Latin -antia and -entia, which depended on the vowel in the stem word, from PIE *-nt-, adjectival suffix
- orthography - Is there a rule for “‑ance” vs. “‑ence”? - English . . .
@mickeyf: I guess you both need to agree on the definition of "rules" It sounds to me that mickeyf is talking about prescriptive rules, which are applied at some point in the middle of the life of a language, and you are talking about rules in the sense of structured grammar that all language speakers must necessarily have
- Which is correct: troubleshooted or troubleshot?
Conclusions The authorities seem to be all over the map on this question Wallraff says that the source noun for the back-formed verb is troubleshooter while Pinker says that it is troubleshooting
- Which is the correct past tense of spin: span or spun?
The conjugation of irregular verbs can vary by dialect In a very unscientific experiment, I googled "span the thread" and "he span the top", and I got a number of results using span as the past tense of spin, so it seems some people still use span as the past tense of spin, although it's rare
- Is it quit or quitted? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- grammaticality - Can casted be the past tense of cast? - English . . .
'The Hindu,' an Indian daily, reports: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely casted his vote at Chimanbhai Patel Institute opposite Karnavati club Does the verb cast have a form as ca
- grammaticality - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
New verbs normally occur as regular verbs, so you'd expect past tense and past participle texted However, for reasons of phonology, some speakers may produce the past tense and past participle as text
- When is it necessary to use have had?
For the bit of logic, we can think about a time frame I HAVE a book (I close my time frame on the Present I consider the Present )
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