As I read the "The Writing of Compounds" part of
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged I came across the following excerpt:
"In some words that appear to
be similar compounds the apparent independent English word
is an assimilation to an English word (
crayfish,
gillyflower,
safflower,
gridiron,
andiron)."
I attempted:
"In some words that
appear as similiar compounds the apparent independent ...
appears as an assimilation to an English word ..."
I mean, I found no other plausible EP substitute for "appear to
be." Can you adequately "E-P" it? If you do the whole excerpt, then thank you very much!
