Timeline for Is the variation in the spelling of the agent-noun suffix -er/-or related to any phonetic difference? [duplicate]
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| Dec 16, 2023 at 19:49 | history | closed | tchrist♦ | Duplicate of What’s the rule for adding “-er” vs. “-or” when forming an agent noun from a verb? | |
| Dec 16, 2023 at 19:47 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | How could there ever be any phonetic differences? Those are unstressed syllables, which means they're reduced to schwa in both cases. Schwa is as schwa does. | |
| Dec 16, 2023 at 9:27 | answer | added | LPH | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 16, 2023 at 6:11 | history | asked | Zoltan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |