Appendix talk:English parts of speech

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Are there languages in which verbs have more than one past and present participle?

If not. I doesn´t make sense to repeat it in this table for every person.

Polyglot 22:26 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)

I have modified the rule about possessives. Adding an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in s is incorrect in British usage. Is it correct in US usage? — Paul G 18:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

No, but it is widely used here. I can't say I like it but, I won't say I oppose it either. --Quintucket 00:49, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sounds odd and incorrect to me. I'd guess I haven't seen it done but I'll defer to your opinion. Shouldn't it be said that this is informal or something similar?
Aside from that, is there any case where the so-called rule of thumb, about the pronunciation of a word, actually fails? In particular, "Biblical given names" is stated specifically, but isn't this true of names in general? Davilla 16:39, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Paul, I recall being taught to add the apostrophe, yes. --Connel MacKenzie 19:13, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

English personal pronouns on Wikipedia[edit]

A more complete table of personal pronouns can be found at w:pronoun#English personal pronouns. It would be wise to merge somehow. Perhaps "English personal pronouns" could have its own special page in Wiktionary, since it is more relevant here, and both this page and the Wikipedia could link to it. (Sorry, I'm too new to know if these changes are acceptable, or I'd have already done it myself.) Davilla 17:10, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adverb formation[edit]

The formation of adverbs from adjectives (happy > happily) is a kind of inflection too. (At least in my opinion it is.) And this one is actually quite a difficult inflection for learners, because not all adverbs take the ly-form. Some are left unchanged, sometimes both forms exist (often with different meanings), sometimes there's no adverb at all. It would be an improvement if all entries for adjectives indicated the respective adverb form(s).

RFC discussion: November 2007–January 2010[edit]

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Should this be moved to Appendix:English inflection? Rod (A. Smith) 04:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. DAVilla 06:30, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. moved to Appendix:English parts of speech instead --Volants 15:06, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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