[PW] What type of word is "inasmuch"?

[Susan]

Blended word?

Susie

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From: "Adrian Smith" <a.smith at leeds.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PW] What type of word is "inasmuch"?


> 
> Portmanteau doesn't quite describe this?
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 
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> [mailto:project-wombat-fm-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
> Joseph T. Garcia
> Sent: 31 January 2007 20:52
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> Subject: [PW] What type of word is "inasmuch"?
> 
> 
> Gang:
> 
> Is there a more descriptive term other than conjunction, idiom,
> prepositional phrase, and compound word, that classifies a word made up
> of several words, such as "inasmuch", and "insomuch".
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Joseph Trent Garcia
> Librarian, San Francisco Public Library, Richmond Branch
> jgarcia at sfpl.org
> 
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