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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Single European Language (german?)
Message-ID: <DAGrv4.7rB@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
References: <803547110snz@ducks.demon.co.uk> <hachimanDAFJF4.8EI@netcom.com> <DAGnI5.J3B@ftel.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:01:28 GMT
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In article <DAGnI5.J3B@ftel.co.uk> I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
>In article <hachimanDAFJF4.8EI@netcom.com>, Steve Schwichow <hachiman@netcom.com> wrote:
>> I finds the problems of irregularitys in english is more big for those
>> mans and womans who is not borned in countrys where they speaks english. 
>> My brother and I was borned in the U.S. and we was childs who
>> speaked only english. 
>
>And this proves what, exactly?

This proves that Steve Schwichow has no clue what an irregularity is.
The plurals of _man_, _woman_ and _child_, the past tense of _speak_
and the past participle of _bear_ are indeed irregular, but _English_,
_countries_, _bigger_, _I find_, _we were_ and the rest are regular.

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