Re: Losing languages ...
| From: | Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 24, 2003, 21:24 |
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Estel Telcontar wrote:
> --- Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
> > --- Estel Telcontar wrote:
> >
> > > "the both of them" instead of "both of them"
> > > (German: die Beide von ihnen)
> >
> > As far as I'm aware, that's good English.
>
> Really?! As in "I talked to the both of them, and they said..." ?
In my native dialect, "I talked to the both of them" means I talked to
them together, while "I talked to both of them" means I talked to them
separately.
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