Re: R: Re: Degrees of volition inactivelanguages(wasRe:Chevraqis: asketch)

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> > > There's this one truly wretched line in _Much ado
> > > about Nothing_ during the trial scene where the Judge goes "What
> > > heard you him say else?"
> >
> > That's English?  ;-)
>
> Well, it's part of the text.
Actually, now that I think about it, it's not so odd.  Lack of
do-support and unusual placement of "else" are the only differences from
the usual Modern English phrasing.  Was the placement of "else" an
example of Shakespeare fitting the text to the meter, or was that a
normal placement in the English of the period?  Interesting how just two
relatively minor differences can conspire to create a totally alien feel
to the text.

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precious and ageless bodies! ... Their victory over death was a hollow
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