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Discussion Topic  RE: Verblessness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'When he crossed the Tiber' is subordinated by the conjunction 'when', and can't stand on its own (e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Satrapies (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I can't swear to this, but I think I've seen it around in the modern political sense for some while.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: naïf (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Naive is certainly an adjective in English: you can't say 'she is a naive'. I tend to agree with Kal......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verblessness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
No main clause verbs. All the verbs in there are dependent on noun phrases or in subordinate clauses......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vatic/vatican (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Substring search at Perseus! I didn't know you could do that: I've just seen the basic "beginning wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vatic/vatican (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Still can't think of a Classical Latin word ending in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vatic/vatican (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Genuine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The original meaning was 'inborn', making it likely the supposed connexion with ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Just practice? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Both senses are almost the same age: it first meant 'perform a skill' (1500 or a bit before), then s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
And the fourth independent state: California (very briefly, unlike the 14 years for Vermont). But t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
'State' has the second meaning of 'province' largely because of the United States of America. The th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by aput
Degree of stress is relative. If EMpire is pronounced with the vowels it normally has, it's impossib......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nation vs. Country (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I would call the UK one state and four countries. In many regards the four components are countries ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Romance (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually it is an interesting specialization, since it must be quite recent: until well into the twe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Romance (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This is fairly involved. Originally it seems to have been a distinction between 'Latin' and 'Roman',......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bangs vs. Fringe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Some Americanisms are familiar, and even in use here, but not 'bangs'. I wouldn't expect people to k......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What is an "island"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
How about a big sharp rock in the middle of nowhere? One such is one of the remaining glories of the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nautical miles (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
And to confuse it further, the nautical mile and the knot are ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quieten (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Very common once as a deadjectival causative: blacken, whiten, redden, gladden, madden, dampen, broa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prophyla_ic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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