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The intransitive forms _drink_ and_lie_, are strong; the transitive forms _drench_ and _lay_, are weak.
This shows that the division of verbs into _weak_ and _strong_ is a trulynatural one.
* * * * * CHAPTER XXVI.
DEFECTIVENESS AND IRREGULARITY.
§ 323. The distinction between irregularity and defectiveness has beenforeshadowed. It is now more urgently insisted on.
The words that have hitherto served as illustrations are the personalpronouns _I_ or _me_, the adjectives _good_, _better_, and ..._best_.
The view of these words was as follows; viz. , that none of them were_irregular_, but that they were all _defective_. _Me_ wanted thenominative, _I_ the oblique cases. _Good_ was without a comparative, _better_ and _best_ had no positive degree.
Now _me_ and _better_ may be said to make good the defectiveness of _I_ and_good_; and _I_ and _good_ may be said to replace the forms wanting in _me_and _better_. This gives us the principle of _compensation_. To introduce anew term, _I_ and _me_, _good_ and _better_, may be said to be_complementary_ to each other.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The intransitive forms _drink_ and_lie_, are strong; the transitive forms _drench_ and _lay_, are weak.
This shows that the division of verbs into _weak_ and _strong_ is a trulynatural one.
* * * * * CHAPTER XXVI.
DEFECTIVENESS AND IRREGULARITY.
§ 323. The distinction between irregularity and defectiveness has beenforeshadowed. It is now more urgently insisted on.
The words that have hitherto served as illustrations are the personalpronouns _I_ or _me_, the adjectives _good_, _better_, and ..._best_.
The view of these words was as follows; viz. , that none of them were_irregular_, but that they were all _defective_. _Me_ wanted thenominative, _I_ the oblique cases. _Good_ was without a comparative, _better_ and _best_ had no positive degree.
Now _me_ and _better_ may be said to make good the defectiveness of _I_ and_good_; and _I_ and _good_ may be said to replace the forms wanting in _me_and _better_. This gives us the principle of _compensation_. To introduce anew term, _I_ and _me_, _good_ and _better_, may be said to be_complementary_ to each other.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by R G Robert Gordon Latham to read onlineMoreLess
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