词组 | ic and ical |
释义 | Contents overview -ic and -ical339 -ic and -icalMany adjectives end in -ic or -ical. There is no general rule to tell you which form is correct in a particular case.1some adjectives normally ending in -icacademicalgebraicarithmeticartisticathleticcatholicdespoticdomesticdramaticegoisticemphaticenergeticfantasticgeometriclinguisticmajesticneuroticpatheticpedagogicpedanticphoneticpublicsemanticstrategicsyntacticsystematictragicArithmetical, geometrical and pedagogical also occur.Some of these words ended in -ical in older English (e.g. fantastical, majestical, tragical).New adjectives which come into the language generally end in -ic, except for those ending in -logical.2some adjectives ending in -icalbiological (and many other adjectives ending in -logical)chemicalcriticalcynicalfanaticalgrammaticallogicalmathematicalmechanicalmedicalmusicalphysicalradicalsurgicaltacticaltopicaltypicaltyrannical3differences of meaningRhythmic and rhythmical both exist with no difference of meaning. In a few other cases, both forms exist but with a meaning difference. Section 31 for classic(al), comic(al), economic(al), electric(al), historic(al), magic(al) and politic(al).4adverbsNote that whether the adjective ends in -ic or -ical, the adverb ends in -ically (pronounced /ɪkli/). The one common exception is publicly (not publically).5nouns ending in -icsMany nouns ending in -ics are singular (e.g. physics, athletics). Some can be either singular or plural (e.g. mathematics, politics). For details, 117.3.Previous Next |
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