Arnold Zwicky's Blog

… not Monty Python’s Flying Circus, but: Auxiliary Reduction (AuxRed) in English (one of the phenomena sometimes known as contraction), which I’ve been thinking about on and off since, oh, 1968.

AuxRed, as in: The proof’s in the pudding. We’re off to see the Wizard. It’s a long long way to Tipperary.

Some background material on AuxRed and an inventory of postings on this blog are now available on a new Page on this blog.

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