Re: Liking German
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Sunday, September 30, 2001, 23:44 |
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
> JUDGE: "What heard you him say else?" (_Much Ado about Nothing_)
>
> (Adjusting for Shakespeare's lack of do-support, the "else"
> should still go after "what")
Not in Shakespeare's day, when "else" was a full adverb = "otherwise".
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