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|    mark lewis to Anton Shepelev    |
|    Gerunds    |
|    11 Feb 17 09:45:08    |
       On 2017 Feb 10 23:14:08, you wrote to alexander koryagin:               AS>>> I miswrote:        I>>>> And the gerund he considers as a special case of the        I>>>> participle:        AS>>> Omit the "as".        AK>> Also IMHO you violate the word order unnecessary.        AK>>        AK>> ...And he considers the gerund...               AS> I think it not a vilation but a natural variation,              variation, yes... natural? i dunno... some folks do flip things around like       that at time, though... some might point to old english... i don't know... i       just say them the way they feel naturally but i've also 50+ years speaking       english natively...               AS> which I did on purpose, viz. to keep parallel to the previous quoted        AS> statement:               AS> A Participle is a word derived...               AS> I wanted mine to start with the name of a part of speech.              i like subtle things like that... kind of a "oh! i see what you did there!"       moment ;) kinda like my tag line below...              )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... A day without fusion is a day without sunshine.       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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