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irmamar
November 06, 2009, 12:29 PM
My book says "a pacy action". I've looked "pacy" up in an online dictionary but I haven't found it. In another one it says "pacey" (rápido), as if "pacey" were more correct. Would you use pacy or pacey?

Thanks :)

poli
November 06, 2009, 01:01 PM
My book says "a pacy action". I've looked "pacy" up in an online dictionary but I haven't found it. In another one it says "pacey" (rápido), as if "pacey" were more correct. Would you use pacy or pacey?

Thanks :)
I wound never use either word:yuck:
It sounds like a word a publisher uses to sell a book. It's a made up word
based a on the real word : Pace.
Because pace can be fast or slow, "pacey"doesn't make sense.

Cloudgazer
November 06, 2009, 03:30 PM
No he oído nunca pacy ni pacey pero según los diccionarios de Cambridge (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=56907&dict=CALD) y de Macmillan (http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/pacy), ambas son distintas ortografías de la misma palabra que quiere decir rápido. También dicen que es una palabra británica.

Es bueno saber que tu autor no se haya vuelto loco :D

Perikles
November 07, 2009, 02:21 AM
Would you use pacy or pacey?
I would not use either.

irmamar
November 07, 2009, 02:24 AM
Yes, I think I'm studying words that nobody uses. I don't think my teacher has driven crazy, but me :crazy: :D

EmpanadaRica
November 07, 2009, 09:58 PM
Yes, I think I'm studying words that nobody uses. I don't think my teacher has driven gone crazy, but me I have :crazy: :D

:D Indeed I was wondering the same when reading the title of this thread to be honest. ;)

'To drive someone crazy' --- 'To make someone else crazy' (Cómo se dice en español, hacer/volver loco/a??).

'To go crazy' ---- 'To make yourself crazy' (volverse loco/a).

PD: You could use 'driven' too but then you would have to use the 'passive' sentence: 'I don't think he has been driven crazy' (but then you would have to specify by what exactly, and to be honest this sounds less natural to me. :) )

:D

irmamar
November 08, 2009, 12:29 AM
Thanks, gambita. So, did you went crazy? :D :rose:

pjt33
November 08, 2009, 07:02 AM
Thanks, gambita. So, did you go crazy? :D :rose:
Did/do + NP + infinitive.

irmamar
November 08, 2009, 01:12 PM
Did/do + NP + infinitive.

¿Es que una no puede ni equivocarse un poquito? :rolleyes: