On 03/28/2015 01:41 PM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote: > PS: Clearly the plural "staves" has left the English language.
After a miniature research project, it appears both are equally correct in modern parlance, though "staves" is still favored in the UK, and is more historically correct. This would be an example of how rarely used irregular forms tend to regularize over time. Words like "to be" stay irregular forever, because they're used continuously, but words at the margins of a language that don't get called into use so often tend to evolve toward regular forms. I just read an example of this in Spanish yesterday. "Predecir" should conjugate like its root, "decir," but instead of "prediré" being the only correct conjugation, the 2014 edition of the RAE lists it along with "predeciré," and lists the more historically correct conjugation as "rare." On a related note, I've noticed an increasingly large number of working class people doing this with "blowed" and "growed," which drives me right to the brink of insanity every time I hear it, but it's probably unstoppable. -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list Rosegarden-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
