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From: rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Subject: Re: Tendency of Inflections to Disappear - Why?
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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:49:34 -0500
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In article <1996Jul22.182506.1@ahecas>, williamsg@ahecas.ahec.edu (Gary
Williams, Business Services Accounting) wrote:

> In article <4suk93$pob@carrera.intergate.bc.ca>, cardano@intergate.bc.ca 
> (cardano) writes:
> 
> > Are there any ideas about why the declension of nouns seems to be lost
> > while conjugation of verbs remains?
> 
> There are two aspects (well, three if you count mood) to verb inflection:  
> tense forms and personal forms.

Four aspects if you count voice.

Five aspects if you count number.

Six aspects if you count aspect.

Why does mood have a subordinate rating, and why did these others (along
with, I'm sure, yet others I can't thonk of) escape your notice?

-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

