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Perhaps, but I found no incidences of it in the BYU corpus, and we know how you love corpora.
Love your convenient short-term memory, Jamie. I've said again and again that learners and natives should consult many sources in their search for understanding usage. |
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| Love your convenient short-term memory, Jamie. I've said again and again that learners and natives should consult many sources in their search for understanding usage. |
I never saw that. In any case, you're constantly slapping people in the face with corpora results without ever considering the flaws and weaknesses of corpus linguistics. |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| I never saw that. In any case, you're constantly slapping people in the face with corpora results without ever considering the flaws and weaknesses of corpus linguistics. |
Now why do you think I suggest consulting a number of sources? Seem you're just upset to have you native intuition challenged. |
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And "complicate" (adj.) is used beyond the field of biology.
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Come along, old chap. All you've found so far, outside biology, is a quote from Watts (1741), another from Young (1742), and a few thousand typos (to put it kindly).
Your initial thought was your best one:
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[complicate (adj.)] was a surprise to me also.
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| Interesting that, until a day or so ago, a bunch of natives who had no idea that "complicate" (adj.) existed are now experts on the word. Me. I'll continue to investigate. |
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| Me. I'll continue to investigate. |
It's dirty work; but someone has to do it.
Don't forget to report back.
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| #38 (permalink) Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:31 am complicate vs. complicated |
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| Or why not let's make its usage beyond the field of biology. :) First of all, why should it be doomed to confine itself inside biology? :) Just curious. |
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| Or why not let's make its usage beyond the field of biology. :) First of all, why should it be doomed to confine itself inside biology? :) Just curious. |
Many words do jump domains, but the natives here are keeping quiet about that. :? |
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| Many words do jump domains, but the natives here are keeping quiet about that. :? |
After all we are living in an era of republic. :D |
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It's a charming idea.
Perhaps while we're waiting for M. to return with his findings we can amuse ourselves by devising ways in which financial service procedures can be folded longitudinally several times.
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| After all we are living in an era of republic. :D |
Not here, maybe. :lol:
With Mr P and buddies' in-the-box thinking, we'll get nowhere fast. Just look at his last statement to get an idea of in-the-box thinking.
Did Mr Peeved forget these definitions of "complicate"?
Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
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| Complex/complicated/involved/complicate application procedures have resulted in a drop in interest in our investment and other financial services packages. |
All possible. It's about personal choice/preference here. |
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Did Mr Peeved forget these definitions of "complicate"?
Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
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If you consult the OED, you'll find those definitions marked "archaic" (cf. your examples: from 1741 and 1742).
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Complex/complicated/involved/complicate application procedures have resulted in a drop in interest in our investment and other financial services packages.
All possible. It's about personal choice/preference here.
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On the contrary, old chap: it's about not misleading students of ESL.
If an ESL student writes e.g. "The situation was very complicate", no one is going to think, "what an admirable example of a rehabilitated archaism". They will simply assume it's a spelling mistake.
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| I suppose we'd better let Mr P have the last word on this. He seems to need it. |
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| Crudely put, Molly, you lost. |
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