Not necessarily mad: -- fren·zied Pronunciation: frenz d, -zid Function: adjective Etymology: 1 frenzy + -ed : marked by frenzy : giving evidence of abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance : extremely stirred up : HECTIC

Hi Milky You've got a very good point. Personally I don't care too much about grammatical terms and try to use as few as possible. The problem is made worse by the fact that to speakers of different languages these terms sometimes mean different

CalifJim wrote: I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other. CJ Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the spelling, only the location of the stress. I meant that I've heard both /'fai

i've recently encountered an interesting quandary that has been driving me up the wall ever since i started trying to solve it. the word "cowardly": what is it? all the dictionaries say it is an adjective AND an adverb, but all evidence

Wwwdotcom wrote: A basis for rejecting "at any time" is that it is the definition of anytime. We use the words, not the definitions. Here's the definition from Merriam Webster: Main Entry: any·time Pronunciation:

Pieanne wrote: Maybe "basicly" became "basically" for the sake of pronounciation, and by analogy with the other -ally adverbs? There may be a better reason, though, but I don't know it. Bonne journee, Pieanne! I thought so too, for

Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son