- Winged or Wingèd? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This "rule" (like every rule ever) isn't without a few exceptions; winged seems to be one of them, according to Oxford PS - 'Beloved' is a semi-exception, in that both pronunciations are acceptable Share
- Past tense of to wing? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
But winged is under pressure from many other words (clung, flung, rung, stung, etc ), so I expect wung has occured repeatedly in the past - facetiously and or through genuine ignorance It may even become the standard form eventually
- What does Homer mean when he says, her words had wings?
Incidentally, the expression “winged words” has come to mean a phrase that started as a quote but then took a life of its own The very coining of this usage by Georg Büchmann made “winged words” winged words ¹ F M Combellack, Words that Die The Classical Journal, 1950 ² M Parry, About Winged Words The Classical Journal, 1937
- Where does the phrase Aint no thang but a chicken wang come from?
I remember this line being used on the sketch comedy show, 'In Living Color' back in the early '90s If I remember correctly Tommy Davidson's character was wrestling with someone and being placed in some sort of headlock or other really painful-looking hold, to which Davidson remarked, "Ain't no thang but a chicken wing "
- etymology - Do adjectives ending in -ed derive from words that were . . .
Similar to talented are gifted, or winged as in a bird is a winged creature Nouns can be turned into adjectives by adding "-ed", but it seems they need a modifier, for example: kind hearted; ten toed; five fingered; long necked; evil eyed; heavenly minded; long legged
- When is marked pronounced with 2 syllables?
I have heard quot;marked quot; pronounced with 2 syllables like quot;mar-ked quot; but online dictionaries show only the 1-syllable pronunciation When should it be pronounced with 2, and is it a
- Why do we say INcomplete but UNcompleted?
I think that experienced may not be a past participle, strictly speaking: although there is a verb experience, the suffix -(e)d in English is not only used to form participles or adjectives from verbs, but also to form adjectives from nouns (e g "winged" or "armed"), and the meaning of experienced seems more in line with this other usage of -ed
- grammar - Is group singular or plural? - English Language Usage . . .
According to the OALD, group can actually serve as either a plural or singular noun The category they give is "countable + singular or plural verb"
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