Timeline for Is "fiddle" a frequentative form, and if so, of what?
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| Feb 28, 2019 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1101044507917856768 | ||
| Feb 28, 2019 at 0:49 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @Robusto The fact that the simple present carries a frequentative meaning by default does not make all verbs frequentatives. There’s a difference between a frequentative verb (one which usually has a frequentative derivational suffix, but which doesn’t necessarily carry a transparently frequentative meaning) and frequentative meaning (a purely semantic category applicable to more or less any verb). The question here is asking whether fiddle is the former, not whether its simple present forms are the latter, which is trivial. | |
| Feb 8, 2019 at 13:17 | vote | accept | Kazark | ||
| Feb 8, 2019 at 9:35 | answer | added | herisson | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 20:34 | comment | added | Nigel J | It is frequentative but not iterative as the article, to which you link, explains. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 20:14 | comment | added | Robusto | The Wikipedia article you link says most present-tense verbs in English are frequentative, and fiddle as a verb is present tense, so there's your answer. I agree with @HotLicks, though: who cares? | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 18:45 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Can you explain what possible difference it could make? | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 18:24 | history | asked | Kazark | CC BY-SA 4.0 |