Re: OT: passport languages

Andreas Johansson wrote:

>>>>>>"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?
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>Asterisks meant to indicate footnote usually go behind stuff - one'd
>expect "... in Standard English* when ...". A prefixed asterisk, in
>linguistics contexts, usually indicates an unattested form - I was wondering
>where you were pulling some sort of joke re: the existence of a "Standard" English.
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I should have put it after, but then it should be Standard* English
shouldn't it?  I'm referring to this particular variety of English.

David Barrow

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