... project is to enhance the database
of the
Oxford Dictionary of English
(a forthcoming
new edition of the 1998
New OxfordDictionary of
English)
so that it contains not only the original
dictionary ... allow the dictionaryto be ex-
ploited effectively as a resource for computational
applications.
The
Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE)
is a
high-level dictionary intended for fluent English
speakers ... typicality,
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OxfordDictionary of English: Current Developments
James McCracken
Oxford University Press
mccrackj@oup.co.uk
Abstract
This research note describes the early stages of a project
to enhance...
... y
When a word ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to ie before s.
study studies lorry lorries
Before most other endings, the y changes to i.
study studied silly sillier lucky luckily
happy ... stand-bys, lay-bys.
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2 We keep y before i.
copy copying hurry hurrying
NOTE
We change ie to y before ing.
die dying lie lying
But pay, lay and say have irregular ed-forms: paid
Also day ... fair-skinned people.
One day the peoples of this world will live in peace.
2 With some nouns we change f to v and add es/s.
loaf loaves thief thieves life lives
Also: calves, halves, knives, leaves, shelves,...
... gerund /to- infinitive 121
toast: uncountable 144(4b)
today
indirect speech 267(2)
with present perfect/past 65(5c)
together with 244(3)
tolerate with gerund 121(1), 131(5)
tomatoes 290(2)
tomorrow: ... 266(3)
to school without the 168
to the + measurement 172(2)
and towards 226(5)
after verb 233(3c), 234(5b), 262(1d)
weak form 55(1b)
to- infinitive
summary 115
to do and for doing 132(5)
to do and to ... letter 56(6c, 6g)
to
after adjective 236(3), 236(4)
and at 225 (2b)
clock time 195(1)
in comment adverbial 215(3)
to do and to doing 132(6)
with give 10
with infinitive 115
replacing to- infinitive...
... adaptor complexes that link clathrin to the
receptors being taken into the cell in the coated vesicles, recognizing
a motif of four amino acids (FRxY) in the cytoplasmic domain of
the receptor.
adaptive ... nucleic
acid factors have been discovered. While their functions are
incompletely understood, they are referred to by laboratory
shorthand abbreviations. These are well understood by the
investigators who ... converted into aldosterone
by aldosterone synthase. Aldosterone exerts its effects through bind-
ing to cytosolic receptors. The resulting complex is transferred to
the nucleus, where it acts to stimulate...