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Is “dispreferred” a mainstream word in English?
I just recently came across the word dispreferred in a linguistic document. I have never heard the word used before, rather I generally hear something like "preferred something else" in everyday ...
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'Shelled' vs. 'deshelled'
Are they interchangeable? Do they really mean the same thing in this context?
As in the sentences:
I really enjoy these already shelled pistachios.
I really enjoy these already deshelled ...
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What we've gelost — why doesn't English use the prefix “ge-”?
The Germanic languages that I'm familiar with all use a prefix similar to ge- on past participles:
German: Ich habe mir den Fuß gebrochen.
Dutch: Ik heb mijn voet gebroken.
But English ...
