Teo Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
well-formedness
How many syllables are there in this word 'well-formedness'?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Thanks a lot for your reply.
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I don't think this is a word really. Well-formed has two. But for some reason when you stick it in this formation I am coming up with four - well-form-ed-ness.
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I don't think this is a word really.
Well-formed has two. But for some reason when you stick it in this formation I am coming up with four - well-form-ed-ness. But like I said, not actually a word...
Well-formed has two. But for some reason when you stick it in this formation I am coming up with four - well-form-ed-ness. But like I said, not actually a word...
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This calls to mind a similar question. What about 'markedness' and 'markedly', like what they say in linguistics about the pecularities of words, sentences, and so on? Is it: mark-ed-ness or markd-ness, and mark-ed-ly or markd-ly? Thank you.
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