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Old 06-06-2020, 05:46 AM   #6711
Carruthers
Junior Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
Posts: 4,059
What happened to ed?

I have noticed that the final syllable 'ed' seems to have disappeared from a number of words.

I have seen examples such as:

I am not bias.

He is vex.

They are prejudice.

The Bucks Free Press, not a noted journal of record, included the headline 'Woman who text police officer to offer him drugs is jailed...'

Last but not least is 'use' as in 'I use to go'.

I do not profess papal infallibility when it comes to the use of English, either spoken or written, but atleast I try to get it right and am successful alot of the time.
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