"preppers" (CORRECTED)

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jan 21, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>
>> On Jan 21, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>
>>> Not necessarily--they are the people who buy full-year dehydrated food
>>> supplies advertized by and with the help of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. There are several companies that sprung
>>
>> [sic]
>>
>> ... This is not a prescriptive "sic" -- just wondering how widespread it is
>> (or if VS  just left out a "have")
>>
>
> _sprang_ and _sprung_ are both standard as PSTs of SPRING (i'm pretty sure that _sprung_ is winning).  similarly, _sank_ and _sunk_ as PSTs of SINK:
>
> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/inflection-rage/
>
> _shrunk_ as PST of SHRINK is still debated.  each form has its own history.
>
> arnold

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