Re: Adpositions gaining new uses
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 13:34 |
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> I find that a perfectly acceptable English sentence, along with the common "I
> want out". I hear people, especially kids, omit "go" in a lot of contexts
> like that.
I'm pretty sure I've heard "I want on the computer" or similar structures
used by native English speakers around here at some point.
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Jim Henry
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