LL-L "Grammar" 2004.09.27 (10) [E]

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From: Szelog, Mike <Mike.Szelog at citizensbank.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2004.09.27 (07) [E]

Hello all,

John asked:
"What is the grammatical term for the f****** word in this situation? I
searched but couldn't find out."
I would call it an "intensifying affix" ;-).  Not only can it be a prefix,
it can also be an infix as in "unf******believable".  However, you could
consider that a "secondary intensifying prefix" if you so desired.

I learned this as "explicative infixation" - the explicative always (at
least in English) comes before the stressed syllable. It was a humorous way
my Linguistics prof introduced the subject of stress in language!

Mike S
Manchester, NH - USA

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Grammar

Ron

I missed this first time 'round, but don't Americans normally say "I'll go
get ..."?

"Go and" is a curious English usage. Most (all other?) Western European
languages use "go+infinitive".

John Feather CS johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

The way to hell is paved.

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