[Ads-l] RES: A vexed question resolved!

[David Daniel]

Funny!

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Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      A vexed question resolved!
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_Barefooted_ vs _Barefoot_ - What's the difference? | WikiDiff
https://wikidiff.com/barefooted/barefoot
As adverbs, the difference between _barefooted_ and _barefoot_ is that
_barefooted_ is "wearing nothing on the feet, barefoot"; whereas _barefoot_
is "wearing nothing on the feet."

As a dedicated _barefooted_-speaker, I've long wondered what the alleged
[dissyllabic] distinction between the two was alleged [monosyllabic] to be.

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