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I have been reading a few old novels (18th 19th Century) and have noticed something which I frequently have a problem with. I tend to have difficulty working out if certain words should have -ed or -t...ie spelled or spelt...it may have arisen from reading such novels when younger, but it does occur for more words (unspoilt, spoilt, dwelt etc) and I was wondering if you knew if there was a rule for it or if it is just another word/spelling shift?
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I'm told "dreamt" is the only word in English that has
the MT at the end. And one can say 'dreamed', to add to
your confusion.
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never just repeat what you're told, without LIU, he replied without any prompt.
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Is there a site for looking up words ending in "mt"?
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aside from undreamt and a (now commercial?) variant in promt, you're probably right. but OneLook gives a list of 731 *mt results, a vast majority of which are initialisms I'd guess. most online dictionaries feature a search function where you can use wildcards: wildcards at onelook
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I'll need to spend time studying that before understanding
it well. I always saw prompt, never promt. Always with
the P in it.
How do I use it? Go to the home page and put mt in the
search? I did that, and got dozens of responses. The
mt I was referring to was at the end of a word. You said
promt was somewhere: a commercial?
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http://www.promt.com/ edit: PROMT is now a registered trademark, picked no doubt because you can't trademark prompt, or any other common word. but it used to be a variant spelling of prompt, in olden days.
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http://www.promt.com/ edit: PROMT is now a registered trademark, picked no doubt because you can't trademark prompt, or any other common word. but it used to be a variant spelling of prompt, in olden days. I don't respond to arrogance. Put me on "ignore". This isn't a PM. All can see.
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