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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
> They even offer the English strong verb some new blood at
> <http://verben.texttheater.de/v3/en.htm>, but I'm not
> convunce that there's wide acceptance for the idea that
> English verbs need to be stronken.
They missed strong past 'controve' of 'contrive', e.g. "After his
military defeat in the power struggle within the PLO, Chairman Arafat,
in pursuit of restoring his leadership, strove to strengthen relations
with Jordan and Egypt in 1984. In November 1984, he controve to hold a
meeting of the Palestine National Congress (PNC) in Amman without the
participation of middle-road or anti-Arafat factions." -
<
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/other/bluebook/1985/1985-2.htm>. I'm
not sure how valid an example this is - the author might not be a
native speaker, and 'controve' may well have been induced by 'strove'
in the previous sentence.
Richard.