----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know
> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 10:09:10PM +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > * What in the ergativity is the infinitive of "can"? "To can" appears to
mean
> > something else ... The English modals appear not to deign to have any
> > infinitives.
> True enough. Whenever an infinitive for "modal can" is called for,
> "to be able to" is used. "To can" refers to the process of putting things
> in cans. :)
Or to violently relieve someone of their position in a company. :)
Jake