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Sneaky sneaky (lemmy.world)
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[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

Wait, English has two different verbs "to sneak"?

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place.

I'm sure there's more.

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Transitive vs intransitive, I guess

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I think you conflate irregular orthography and irregular grammar or conjugation paradigms.

Like it's pretty regular otherwise.

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