Andreas Johansson wrote:
>Quoting David Barrow <davidab@...>:
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>>Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
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>>>--- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:
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>>>>>>>>Is anyone advocating Dutch as official language?
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>>>>>Waarom niet? Maar zeg me eens: hoeveel engelstalige personen zijn er voor
>>>>>elke nederlandstalig in de VS?
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>>>>"Why not? But tell me one thing: how many English-speaking people are
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>>>>for each Dutch-speaking in the US?"
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>>>>Corrections are solicited.
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>>>It's correct!
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>>For each Dutch-speaking person or each Dutch-speaking one
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>>adjectives need their nouns or pronouns in *Standard English when used
>>attributively
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>>* Of course dialects may vary and even Standard speakers may not always
>>stick to the rules :-)
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>Is the misplacement of that asterisk intentional?
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What do you mean? Where should it go?
David Barrow
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