Re: Conlang collaboration

Doug Dee scripsit:

> I think I've seen it claimed that the lack of pro-drop in French, unlike
> Italian & Spanish, is a result of Germanic influence.
Yes, quite right if indirect.  Old French was V2, like German, very likely
under Frankish influence, and most non-pro-drop languages had a V2
period in their past (English was V2 right up through Shakespeare's day).

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To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
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that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
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