Exactly, Eric. Hence students who write 'He past away in 1992." Not to mention, "He poured over the maps for hours." Eric Yost wrote:
On 8/2/2010 5:43 PM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:Palin is impicating that there are no peaceful Muslims.To me it seems that Palin has merely heard the word "repudiate," never read the word on a page, and mashes it together with "refuse."Has that been considered by linguists? Probably most of these aw-shucks, bumpkin-manqué, hee-haw locutions arise from speakers who have not read the word in question, merely heard it.------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html