By Spelling, Morphology

I meant the morphology is simpler. I'm sorry I didn't express it clearly enough the first time. I disagree with you about all languages being equally complex. In my opinion there is nothing particularly complex in English syntax compared with the syntax of the other languages I am...

Milky wrote: What you're doing, Kooyeen, is the same as CB was doing in earlier posts on the same theme. You are subjectively stating how easy one language is over another. To me, it depends.Indeed, yes. I have stated subjective opinions like everybody else. So far, I haven't seen a single...

1. <<3. that the inflectional morphology, though complex, is regular Correct again. Someone has said that there are ten rules in English grammar and 10,000 exceptions and 10,000 rules in Finnish grammar and ten exceptions. That's not quite true, though."...

Hi ForbesThank you for your long reply. I do appreciate it. I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective. I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

A word is made of three parts, prefix; root, stem, or base; and suffix. Not really. For example, the and banana. (1)precisely is pre + cise + ly (all three, prefix, root and suffix) (2)concise is con + cise (prefix and root) (3)scissors - cise (root) (1)Correct. 'Cise' is a bound base or...

as words become integrated into every day life the trend is for the patterns of the "new" language to take over, in terms of both spelling, morphology (endings) and pronunciation. Forums is becoming the standard now, as is medias. As for status, both sound a bit clumsy and if I was writring...