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Pacy or pacey?


irmamar November 06, 2009 12:29 PM

Pacy or pacey?
 
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

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 60103)
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 y de Macmillan, 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

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 60103)
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

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 60208)
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

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 60431)
Thanks, gambita. So, did you go crazy? :D :rose:

Did/do + NP + infinitive.

irmamar November 08, 2009 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 60476)
Did/do + NP + infinitive.

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


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