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|    Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev    |
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|    17 Dec 18 08:20:42    |
      Hi, Anton Shepelev!       I read your message from 14.12.2018 16:35               AK>>>> BTW, it is a hummer time to ask here where is the difference        AK>>>> between "you are welcomed" and "you are welcome"?        AS>>> The one relates the actual action of welcoming and the other a        AS>>> potential readiness thereto. Compare the following sentences:        AK>> === "The first one relates to..." === and the other is        AK>> a potential readiness...               AS> Even though my sentence may be ungrammatical, I disagree with your        AS> corrections. I did mean the transitive form of "relate", and elided        AS> it in the second clause, cf. Roger Bacon's "Reading maketh a full        AS> man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."              IMHO, a transitive form of the verb "relate" also demands for "to", only       later. For instance:              "The report seeks to relate the rise in crime _to_ an increase in       unemployment."       or       "He later related the whole story _TO_ me."               AK>> I also collected some information on this issue.        AK>> [...]        AK>> The adjective "welcome" is actually a _property_ of a person.               AS> On the contrary, it denotes the attude of another party toward that        AS> person.               AK>> As an adjective "welcome" means that a person (who is welcome) is        AK>> an embodiment of greeting.        AS> Not necessarily.        AK>> IMHO, "You are welcomed" is legal, means the same, but more        AK>> formal.               AS> Certainly not. It means somebody has welcomed me, regardless of my        AS> amiability.              Well, we will wait for someone from other side of the pond. ;-) IMHO, we       should look into the word itself. Formerly, it consisted of two words: "well"       and "come". So, now we see how the past participle "come" forms the ending of       word "wel(l)come". It is only later people forgot it and began speak       "welcomed". "Come" was eaten and became a part of the word.                      |
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