SUPPLETION
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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SUPPLETION. A term in
LINGUISTICS for a situation in which a form in a grammatical paradigm bears no family resemblance to the base from: for example,
went in
go/goes/going/went/gone and
better and
best in
good/better/best. Suppletive forms are common in irregular usage in many languages.
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Rubble, trenches affect motorists on Louis Botha Avenue.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 2/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...Since I reported to you that Louis Botha Avenue is in a mess I have noticed...the JRA to sort out the mess on Louis Botha and Beril avenues in Bramley...intersections at 9th and 10th streets, on Louis Botha Avenue. After a trench was dug...
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No panic over these parking bay mechanics; Residents and business owners along Louis Botha Avenue are frustrated about metro cops' lack of interest in dealing with 'informal garages'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 9/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...Until a few months ago, the public parking area on Louis Botha Avenue was almost entirely occupied by these mechanics...Rae Wolder said the mechanics have simply moved across Louis Botha Avenue and were operating outside other shops. Some...
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P. W. BOTHA ; President of South Africa whose tentative reforms were disabled by his adherence to apartheid
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...On 28 September 1975, P.W. Botha was elected leader of the National...defeating his rivals within the party. Botha, emerging from the carnage, pledged...earlier predecessors like the generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts. The first National...
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Too much Botha
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/18/2006; 242 words
; ...embarrassment, as was his foreign minister Pik Botha. There was only one Botha who has done our family proud, the Boer War era...Jan Smuts's mentor and a true statesman -- Louis Botha. Reinier Botha Constantia, Cape Town, South...
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Botha to take page from Holyfield book
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/16/1999; ; 685 words
; ...to weigh in the high 220s. But Botha may be counting on the extra pounds...him when push comes to shove. Botha (39-1, 24 knockouts) is a...reminds me of Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis," Lewis said. "Botha is a gifted fighter. He is a...
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Botha Assailed for Halting Trial;S. African Opposition Charges Double Standard in Clemency Offers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/25/1988; ; 680 words
; ...ordinary law of the country." Botha ordered the attorney general...the prosecution. On Tuesday, Botha ordered that the murder trial...administrator-general of Namibia, Louis Pienaar, today denied that Botha had violated the independence...
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Botha hints come from Panama.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 12/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...training him in the gym," said Botha manager Sterling McPherson. "He's allowed to do that." Labeling Botha "a white fighter who fights like...boxing lore, comparing Tyson-Botha to the first Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight - with the...
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Court Overrules Botha
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/21/1989; 316 words
; ...decision by South African President Pieter W. Botha last year to halt the murder trial of six...the capital of Windhoek on Nov. 30, 1986. Botha had ordered Namibia's administrator general, Louis Pinaar, to halt criminal proceedings on the...
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RU: Spencer's kicking questioned by Botha; Koen convinced
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 8/6/2003; 557 words
; ...Spencer's kicking questioned by Botha; Koen convinced By Daniel Gilhooly...NZPA - South African sharpshooter Louis Koen says Carlos Spencer's goalkicking...but former Springbok great Naas Botha is not convinced. Botha, who kicked 304 points in 28...
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BOTHA ASSAILED FOR HALTING THE MURDER TRIAL OF SIX SOLDIERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/24/1988; ; 667 words
; ...member of Parliament, said Botha had placed the army above the...expressed "shock and disbelief" at Botha's action. The Labor Party...violence, bloodshed and chaos." Botha made no public response to the...representative in Namibia, Louis Pienaar, said anyone who disputed...
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Louis Botha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Louis Botha The South African soldier and statesman Louis Botha (1862-1919), one of the most important...the Afrikaner influenced the attitude of Louis Botha to the Africans, the British, and the...
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Botha, Louis
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Botha, Louis (1862–1919) South African...successful Boer leaders in the Boer War, Botha became commander-in-chief in 1900 and...became its Prime Minister a year later. Botha supported the Allies in World War I, gaining...
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Jan Christian Smuts
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...negotiations at Vereeniging. Smuts-Botha Government After the war Smuts returned...reentered politics. In 1904 Smuts joined Louis Botha to launch a political party, Het...period from 1904 to 1919, the Smuts-Botha combination was the great fact of...
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Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...South African War , agreeing with Louis Botha in 1902 that it was better to accept...Throughout his life, he was committed to Botha's ideals of reconciliation between...Afrikaans-speaking Whites. In Botha's first Transvaal government of...
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Jan Christiaan Smuts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...South Africa, and he joined with Louis Botha to achieve this alliance. Smuts...Smuts continuously held office in Botha's cabinet, serving as minister...served by the League of Nations. Upon Botha's death (1919), Smuts headed...
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