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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration 
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Along the lines of Jim's questioning about the "ibble's!"  Which goes where? (I think I know, but I usually spell it wrong the first time anyway...  ) |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
YOU always do the -arate....lol I dunno about this one...is there even a rule?  K |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
There is no word spelled: seperate  |
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Stephanos
since 2000-07-31
Posts 3618Statesboro, GA, USA |
Poet Devine is right. This is one of those odd cases where a two different words are spelled the exact same way! The difference is in the form. One is a verb pronounced SEH' puh rayt as in "I will separate the good from the bad" The other is an adjective pronounced SEH' puh rit or SEHP' rit. as in "His poems were separate entities." No wonder English is so hard to learn for those who didn't grow up under its strange diction! It is a wonderful language however for expressive poetry! Later. SDJ |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
ditto stephanos... something more to add... words disparate and desperate... check out the pronunciation breaks... the 'per' and the 'pa' desperate: des.per.ate disparate: dis.pa.rate both are adjectives, have a "ly" and a "ness"added at the end to make an adverb and a noun... desperate comes from despair while disparate comes from separate (thats the connection ) and separate originates from "set apart a pair" ... interesting, is it not???regards, sudhir |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
I've got news for ya guys, English isn't that easy to learn even if you did grow up with it! And Sharon, thank you.. .no wonder it always looked wrong! |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Errr...I kinda meant to say the -erate...cause NOW it looks like I was saying you spelled it right...sigh...bother... rotf... K |
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