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Q: Is there a name for the process of conversion, where a contranym is merged at the expense of the original?

The example I cite is the term "clinical death". In the UK and in the US, the authoritative medical usage, and hence "clinical" context define death unambiguously to be irreversible cessation of life.(UK guidelines, US guidelines) And further that time of death is taken as that point at which th...

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Gigili

07:07

Is it correct to say "I might fall asleep"?

hippietrail

08:11

i've had this in my head all morning so i hereby ask it:

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Q: Are there languages which contrasting unvoiced aspirated, unaspirated, and ejective stops?

In English there are just two series of stops, voiced (b, d, g) and unvoiced (p, t, k). The latter are generally aspirated (though it depends on phonological context). In many common languages of Europe and Asia the unvoiced consonants are not aspirated, this is a common difficulty for English s...

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@Gigili: It is perfectly good english to say "I might fall asleep"

David Wallace

08:27

@Gigili Yes, of course.

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Q: Are there languages which contrasting unvoiced aspirated, unaspirated, and ejective stops?

In English there are just two series of stops, voiced (b, d, g) and unvoiced (p, t, k). The latter are generally aspirated (though it depends on phonological context). In many common languages of Europe and Asia the unvoiced consonants are not aspirated, this is a common difficulty for English s...

ejectives pulmonic stops plosives aspiration

David Wallace

Duplicate!

Gigili

18:19

Thank you @DavidWallace.

Gigili

18:47

Tom often avoids difficult questions and …….

What should be there?

So does David?

So is David?

Does it need "too" at the end?

So is David?

Cerberus

So does David.

You usually don't need too if you already have so.

@Gigili The word you use should echo the verb you want to implicitly repeat, which is avoids here.

As for time and tense, they should be exactly the same as in avoids, so 3rd person present singular.

Gigili

Umm, there's no answer like that.

Cerberus

As for which verb to use: if the verb you are echoing is an auxiliary or modal verb, you repeat the exact same verb; if not, you use a form of do.

Gigili

a) so dose Bob too
b) so dose Bob
c) so is Bob too
d) so is Bob

Cerberus

So "Tom is a nut, and so is David".

"Tom will be in Paris, and so will David.

Gigili

18:52

Maybe "dose" is a typo?

@Cerberus Aha, got it. Thank you.

Cerberus

"Tom likes cats, and so does David."

Because like is neither an auxiliary verb nor a modal verb nor the copula be.

@Gigili Yes, typo.

Gigili

What about this:

> 3. Did you know …….. in the dark?

a)Where you to go
b)Where you are going
c)Where you go
d)Where to go

I guess (c) is the correct answer, right?

Cerberus

C is perhaps possible in certain situations, but d is probably what they are looking for.

They mean different things.

D means "did you know where you were supposed to go in the dark?".

C would require a very unusual context.

Another, probably very common, option would be "did you know where you were going?".

Gigili

Right, makes sense.

Gigili