dropping -ed in adjectives

[Arnold Zwicky]

On May 16, 2012, at 2:35 PM, i wrote:

>> t/d-deletion specifically zapping the PSP suffix has come up here before, including in the prejudice/bias case -- last time in April 2008.  at the time, i said i was preparing a LLog posting on the topic, but i seem not to have finished it.  alas.

as i noted back in 2008, Brians's Common Errors has both "bias" for "biased" and "prejudice" for "prejudiced".

arnold

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