Re: Romula - the news

Am 01/11 09:04  Christophe Grandsire yscrifef:

>         Unproductive and uncommon? Well, all Romance languages I know a little of
> have the distinction except French, my native language, where the gerund
> has been replaced by the construction "en + present participle" (so the
> distinction still exists, it's not made the same way). But I'm sure Spanish
> and Portuguese have the gerund distinct from the present participle, and
> maybe also Italian (I'm not completely sure of it however). So it doesn't
> seem that uncommon to me :) .
>
It seems like my mistake then.  I have spoken to other people before on
this point and they have corrected me.  I shall have to go back to my
information and see where I picked up this inaccuracy from.

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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