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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the sentence: "We spent all day, going to and
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial> the word "to" is stressed.</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 25, 2008 8:57 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spellyans] Mainly <yn></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>But too can be stressed and to can't. They are the same in
origin, but not any longer.
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<DIV>Nicholas</DIV>
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<DIV>On 25 Jul 2008, at 15:28, A. J. Trim wrote:</DIV><BR
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><FONT face=Gentium
size=3>Michael Everson wrote:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><FONT face=Gentium size=3>I
disagree. It seems to me that the preposition which does not mutate <BR>has
developed into an adverbial particle which mutates. Minimal pairs <BR>might
not be easy to find, but "in gwydn" might be 'in white' ("she <BR>was dressed
in white") and "yn whydn" might be 'whitely' -- not to <BR>use the "in
gwir"/"yn whir" example, though distinguishing the two <BR>might help to stamp
out the latter error, because in the phrase "in <BR>gwir" the first element is
known to be the preposition which does not <BR>mutate, not the adverbial
particle which does.<BR><BR>And I think distinguishing the two in an
orthography is a useful aid <BR>to learners, regardless of whether the
distinction was made in <BR>spelling the particle in traditional
Cornish.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><FONT face=Gentium size=3>In
English, we have to and too. These have differing functions in sentences.
The spelling distinction however is only a hindrance to learners. We would
have been better off if we had just the one spelling for both.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><FONT face=Gentium
size=3>Regards,</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><FONT face=Gentium
size=3>Andrew J.
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