LL-L "Orthography" 2007.07.06 (03) [E]
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From: "Brooks, Mark" <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2007.07.06 (02) [E]
Ron asked: "Does this mean that the word is being reanalyzed as a single
word…"
In my opinion, yes. When I say it, I don't think of it as a two word
construct. I think of it more like an adjective or an adverb.
Mark Brooks
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Orthography
Thanks, Mark.
Interesting, the use of "adjective" here, considering that there is an
intervening "of" in noun-modifying cases, as in "a lot of stuff."
Well ... at second thought ... there's the analogy of "plenty of". Even if
"plenty" could be argued to be a noun here, I hardly think people perceive
it as such ... similarly "enough of that stuff."
Musing ...
Reinhard/Ron
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