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Re: USAGE: English adverbials 'the heck', 'the hell', etc.

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, April 9, 2004, 18:02
John Quijada:
> > Answers to WH-type Questions: > > > > I'm mowing the lawn. > > *I'm mowing the hell the lawn. > > *I'm the hell mowing the lawn.
Don't forget the canonical example: "They are not the hell your whales." -Spock, _Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home_ -Mark