From: Spike Jones <spike66@attglobal.net>, Sat, 20 Oct 2001 16:59:43
>ps Mike, thanks for the correct use of "a whole other story" in
> your previous post. So many otherwise grammatically perfect
> speakers will say "a whole nother story" which for some reason
> makes me crazy. A split infinitive is bad enough, but many
> split the word "another" to insert the word "whole." {8-[ s
The split verbs in German lang would drive you crazy then, Spike
hereinkommen == to come in
ich komme {blah blah} herein === I come in {blah blah}
and it's even more fun in imperfect past
ich habe {blah blah} hereingekommt === I have come in {blah blah}
Wie bist du hier hereingekommt? === How did you get in here?
wish for today:
Please someone rearrange the neurons in my head to accept
verbs both split at the end and in the middle of a sentence.
(d'ya think we could do this in our extropian future?)
Amara
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