Thread: -ic vs. -ical
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Old 20-Jun-2007, 20:06
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Default Re: -ic vs. -ical
It's not me who means so : Marchand a linguist thought ic adj derived from the basic substantive and carried the notion more in essence.
What makes you believe the stress plays another part ?
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