| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 25, 1999, 21:30 |
Sally Caves wrote:> What is this partitive particle that > we're supposed to ignore?Looks like it corresponds to French "du", and is attached to mass nouns to mean "an unspecified quantity of". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)