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...your issue of Mar 9. was published my letter calling attention to the improper spelling of the past tense of the verb "to broadcast." Just returning from abroad, I have noticed the publication of letters in TIME, Mar. 23 issue from two grammaticasters, viz: Mr. G. C. Miles of Princeton, N J, taking direct issue, and Mary Adda Reade of Oak Park, III., talking beside the point...
Stirred by A. H. Miles' unjust accusation against TIME on the grounds of grammatical inaccuracy (issue of Mar. 9); I hasten to support you in a matter of vital importance- whether "broadcast" or "broadcasted" is the proper past tense of the verb "to broadcast...
...verb "broadcast" is a comparatively recent addition to the English language, formed on the adverb "broadcast." It is an accepted rule that coined words should be inflected regularly and, in this case, "broadcasted" would be the regular past tense of a weak verb. "Broadcast" as the past tense is, then, technically incorrect...
...British rule or sovereignty, from the Hindu verb raj, to reign; cf. rajah, a prince...
Zamenhof's dictionary contained 2,642 Esperanto words. Volapük was more complicated, a single verb being capable of 505,440 different forms...