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中古時代,拚字沒有一致化,congratulations被拼成今天的這個樣子,彷彿就像是有個字congratulation加上了-s變成複數。

甚至,這個字還被認為是動詞congratulate的名詞,其實至始至今,都是誤會一場。

這一切又是一個back-formation的變化。

(參考:Leader說文解字)先有congratulations這個字,才有congratulation,才有congratulate。

好啦!了解這一切並沒有讓你的英文好一些。

只是知道這個過程之後,無法再繼續瞎掰說是用congratulations的複數形,覺得怪怪的。

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