Comments for Linglish.net http://www.linglish.net Where English meets Linguistics Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 Comment on Babylon is fallen by Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/2008/11/15/babylon-is-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Thomas Tsoi Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:38:51 +0000 http://www.linglish.net/?p=125#comment-103 I've just googled and yahooed it too, google: Results 1 - 10 of about 47,500 for "the lord is come". yahoo: 1 - 10 of 102,000 for "the lord is come" I guess people changed it into "has come" as more and more people felt that "is come" was somewhat too weird. I’ve just googled and yahooed it too,
google:
Results 1 - 10 of about 47,500 for “the lord is come”.
yahoo:
1 - 10 of 102,000 for “the lord is come”

I guess people changed it into “has come” as more and more people felt that “is come” was somewhat too weird.

]]> Comment on Babylon is fallen by Steve http://www.linglish.net/2008/11/15/babylon-is-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Steve Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:12:53 +0000 http://www.linglish.net/?p=125#comment-102 Actually I've always sung it "The Lord HAS come." Where does the "is" verse come from? Google: Results 1 - 30 of about 13,800 for Joy to the World "the lord has come". (0.21 seconds) Actually I’ve always sung it “The Lord HAS come.”

Where does the “is” verse come from?

Google: Results 1 - 30 of about 13,800 for Joy to the World “the lord has come”. (0.21 seconds)

]]> Comment on An experimental experiment by Michelle http://www.linglish.net/2008/07/26/an-experimental-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Michelle Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.linglish.net/?p=16#comment-87 I got 5/5 for both... Must be a crazy genius. :) I got 5/5 for both… Must be a crazy genius. :)

]]> Comment on So many negative prefixes by Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/2008/09/15/so-many-negative-prefixes/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Thomas Tsoi Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:18:43 +0000 http://www.linglish.net/?p=48#comment-85 Thanks to Lili for reminding me of this prefix. As you see here I'm concerned about the negative prefixes on adjectives only. It's true that in some sense, <em>de</em>- is also a negative prefix, but it can only be used on verbs (eg. <em>decompose</em>) or nouns (eg. <em>demerit</em>), and I guess that's why I missed it in my discussion. The English <em>de</em>- comes from Latin <em>dē</em>- or in a few cases <em>dis</em>- (via French). It is originally a preposition meaning "from" or "of" (cf. French, Spanish '<em>de</em>' or Italian '<em>di</em>'), which is then used as a prefix meaning "away from", "out of". Thanks to Lili for reminding me of this prefix.

As you see here I’m concerned about the negative prefixes on adjectives only. It’s true that in some sense, de- is also a negative prefix, but it can only be used on verbs (eg. decompose) or nouns (eg. demerit), and I guess that’s why I missed it in my discussion.

The English de- comes from Latin dē- or in a few cases dis- (via French). It is originally a preposition meaning “from” or “of” (cf. French, Spanish ‘de‘ or Italian ‘di‘), which is then used as a prefix meaning “away from”, “out of”.

]]> Comment on So many negative prefixes by Lili http://www.linglish.net/2008/09/15/so-many-negative-prefixes/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Lili Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:52:25 +0000 http://www.linglish.net/?p=48#comment-84 How come I never find any thing on liglish about the negative prefix 'de'? If you find anything, could you tell me through email. Thanks How come I never find any thing on liglish about the negative prefix ‘de’? If you find anything, could you tell me through email.
Thanks

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