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    Default Contradictious etc

    Why isn't "You are contradictious," right which should be changed into "you are contradictory"? According to my English -Chinese dictionary 'contradictious" means contradictory(archaic), and my Oxford Concise Dictionary ,1964, gives contradictory the last meaning of "contradictous.", without note of "archaic". By the way ,please say something about the difference between contradictory and paradoxical.
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    Default Re: Contradictious etc

    The COCA has 2,757 sentences containing the word 'contradictory'. It has none containing 'contradictious'. We just don't use the word.
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    Default Re: Contradictious etc

    Onelook gives 32 dictionaries with contradictory and eight with contradictious.

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    Default Re: Contradictious etc

    Quote Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
    Onelook gives 32 dictionaries with contradictory and eight with contradictious.
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