Re: Adpositions gaining new uses
| From: | Michael Poxon <mike@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 14:50 |
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I wouldn't go so far as to say "I want on your shoulders" objectionable.
Ungrammatical, certainly not
any sort of British English. But transpondians and transworldians may see it
otherwise.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: Adpositions gaining new uses
> I'm quite surprised to see so many native Anglophones find "I want on
> your shoulders" objectionable... maybe I've just become programmed to
> accept Toddlerese...
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