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Originally Posted By: Chip Prince
At first I wondered if there weren't maybe too many syllables in the word (and that perhaps it could be "grammolatry," but then I realized that the base is the Greek *plural*, which gives us the -ata ending.
Not really. The nominative singular might be gramma but the root is grammat- and it shows up in all the other cases, singular and plural.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grammatolatry Chip Prince 07/21/08 04:39 PM Re: Grammatolatry JGS 07/21/08 07:06 PM Re: Grammatolatry Zed 07/21/08 07:55 PM Re: Grammatolatry Buffalo Shrdlu 07/21/08 08:06 PM Re: Grammatolatry Faldage 07/21/08 11:00 PM Re: Romanes eunt domus zmjezhd 07/21/08 11:46 PM
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