Re: Reflexive (was Re: Help on Verbs...)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 13, 1999, 1:09 |
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"Dr. David E. Bell" wrote:
> What about -n't in couldn't?
That's not a clitic, IMO, because it can't be moved. -'s can detached
from the possessor, as in the standard example "The Queen of England's
crown", but not *"I could go-n't there" or anything like that. -n't is
a suffix which can only be added to auxiliaries.
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