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Re: Lisanek

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, October 25, 2001, 15:55
Hi!

Stefan Koch <OneOfThree@...> writes:
> Hmmm. Is there a certain term for words that can act as pre- and > postpositions? Preposition is a bit confusing.
`Apposition' is neutral wrt. to the position.
> BTW: I use "herauf" only as a postposition.
Me, too. But `wegen' can be put on both sides (though postpositional is somewhat old-fashioned): Ich kam wegen des Regens nicht. Ich kam des Regens wegen nicht. Ich kam wegen des Regens nicht. I came because of_the rain not. Ich kam des Regens wegen nicht. I came of_the rain because not. I did not come because of the rain. **Henrik