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Re: Question about German

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 22:16
Hi!

Irina Rempt <ira@...> writes:
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Henrik Theiling wrote: > > > I think in Dutch, these are avoided, however. I was told that > > `helder + (d)er' is not permitted to result in *`helderder', but > > instead, `lichter' seems to be used. The former would be > > considered children's language. > > Who told you that, and why? It's not true.
Hmm, students in Groningen told me when I actually said it. :-) So you would, like in the German example, also judge `helderder' perfectly ok? **Henrik

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