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The point is that phrasal verbs are written spaced: "stand up" -- even when conjugated: "stood up", not "*standupped".

• aristus 16y ago
  Well, some phrases (and yes, phrasal verbs) get concatenated over time, like "understand", "overtake", "courtmarshal", "becalm", "whipsaw", etc. The conjugation and number rules work themselves out eventually, for example, "courts-marshal", "overtook". It's just one of the ways languages mutate. Usually the noun form mutates first, and later on the verb form, but not always.
  • jtheory 16y ago
    Following the model of "understand" -- I'm going to start going with "inlog". Inlogging, inlogged, inlogs -- it just works!
    • aristus 16y ago
      Go get 'em, tiger.