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Re: 3rd-person imperative

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 9, 2000, 14:50
Ed Heil wrote:

> Hell, for all I know Latin may have a first person imperative. If it > didn't originally, I wouldn't put it past the crazy Irish Grammarians to > have come up with one. :)
Ah yes, the ones who fought for seven days and seven nights running over the vocative of "ego", and finally had to settle it with swords. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)