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Re: Case

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Thursday, July 15, 1999, 4:43
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Kristian Jensen wrote: > > Boreanesian gets away with just three cases, which is perhaps the > > absolute minimum in any language. > > What about English's two?
English has three by my count. The accusative usually isn't marked, except for pronouns. So we have nom (I), genitive (my, or bob's), and accusative (me).