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Of course Basic English cheats by including all the phrasal verbs, without considering that they are usually separate lexical items. "pick on" or "pass for" are
by panglott 11y ago
Of course Basic English cheats by including all the phrasal verbs, without considering that they are usually separate lexical items. "pick on" or "pass for" aren't easily decipherable based purely on their components.
- mcguire 11y agoAny language with a small number of "words" will have to do the same thing. At the other end of the spectrum are agglutinative languages, like Turkish and German (?).
- murbard2 11y agoYes, but the combinations in English are somewhat arbitrary. It's obvious in context what flyingmetaltube might refer to. It's not obvious that "pony up" means to settle an account, rather than something about hovering horses.