Tense Exchanges

Authors

Susan Thorpe

Abstract

Tense exchanges occur when the past and present tenses of the same verb lock on to, or interlock with, another letter or letters to make two other words. Thus FALL and FELL appear in FALLOW and FELLOW, locked on to -OW; RUN and RAN appear in RUIN and RAIN, interlocked with -I. The tenses always appear in the same position(s) in the two words.

Recommended Citation

Thorpe, Susan (2009) "Tense Exchanges," Word Ways: Vol. 42 : Iss. 1 , Article 10.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol42/iss1/10