tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post1513917648933741967..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: big size(d) questionBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-71157510215885318902007-08-17T07:20:00.000-05:002007-08-17T07:20:00.000-05:00Yet all of them are attested. There's likely a dia...Yet all of them are attested. There's likely a dialectal/ideolectal thing happening.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-46423054479596343812007-08-17T04:25:00.000-05:002007-08-17T04:25:00.000-05:00FWIW, for me all of these need the -ed to "sound r...FWIW, for me all of these need the -ed to "sound right" as normal modifiers - that is, your example of "a low ceiling house" only works if "low ceiling" is functioning like a brand name or something. It can't mean "a house with low ceilings", and I'm fairly certain I have never heard it used at all. <BR/><BR/>I guess I parse them as "-ED = with", and the version without -ED (as your dark-hair gene vs dark-haired gene) is a label of some sort...<BR/><BR/>It's interesting. I haven't ever thought about that construction this way.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com