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Re: Reflexive (was Re: Help on Verbs...)

From:Dr. David E. Bell <dbell@...>
Date:Friday, November 12, 1999, 23:41
> From: Tom Wier


> The only real clitic-y form in the English language (AFAIK) is the
> so-called genetive case ending, <'s>, which functions on the phrasallevel
> rather than the wordlevel.


What about -n't in couldn't?

David