“I wrope the Christmas presents” [closed]
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Wrope is the past participle of wrap. It should be at least defined that way. Should wrope replace wrapped? (To stop the homophones rapped and wrapped)
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Janus Bahs Jacquet, John Lawler, Centaurus, J. Taylor, Peter Shor Dec 5 at 23:54
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Wrope is the past participle of wrap. It should be at least defined that way. Should wrope replace wrapped? (To stop the homophones rapped and wrapped)
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Janus Bahs Jacquet, John Lawler, Centaurus, J. Taylor, Peter Shor Dec 5 at 23:54
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
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Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44
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Wrope is the past participle of wrap. It should be at least defined that way. Should wrope replace wrapped? (To stop the homophones rapped and wrapped)
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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Wrope is the past participle of wrap. It should be at least defined that way. Should wrope replace wrapped? (To stop the homophones rapped and wrapped)
orthography
orthography
asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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asked Dec 5 at 22:40
LukeyBear
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Janus Bahs Jacquet, John Lawler, Centaurus, J. Taylor, Peter Shor Dec 5 at 23:54
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as primarily opinion-based by Janus Bahs Jacquet, John Lawler, Centaurus, J. Taylor, Peter Shor Dec 5 at 23:54
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
2
Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44
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No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
2
Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44
No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
2
2
Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44
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No. Generally irregular conjugations gradually switch to regular, not the other way around.
– GEdgar
Dec 5 at 22:45
2
Why should wrope be the past tense of wrap? That would be taking a perfectly normal, regular verb and turning it into a completely irregular verb that doesn’t even follow any of the strong verb patterns that exist in English. It would also be substituting one pair of homophones (wrapped/rapped for another wrope/rope), and since no one uses it, it would be completely artificial, rather than a natural, organic part of the language. (Also, there is no way to give an authoritative answer to a question like this – it’s inherently opinion-based, which makes it off-topic here.)
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 5 at 22:51
Just out of interest I tried putting "wrope" and "wrapped" into a search engine. "Wrapped" returned many hits including dictionary definitions but "wrope" returned none at all. I think you are in a minority of one here.
– BoldBen
Dec 6 at 3:00
Wrope has never been the participle of wrap. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/…
– KarlG
Dec 6 at 11:44