The verb 'go' is defective because it lacks a past tense, what about 'went' I hear you say
but this is just linguistic book keeping. for the two words are as unlike in origin as in form.
Such anomolies exist across a broad range of language. Nothing we can do about this and it endorses the propositon that language speaks us rather than the other way round - we speak language,
but this is just linguistic book keeping. for the two words are as unlike in origin as in form.
Such anomolies exist across a broad range of language. Nothing we can do about this and it endorses the propositon that language speaks us rather than the other way round - we speak language,
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