Re: "write him" was Re: More questions
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 28, 2003, 22:46 |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> Does anyone employ phrases like "The water will stop immediately the stop-cock
> is turned"? (I've just noticed it in some anti-frost precautions the Uni sent
> around). I'm refering to the lack (to my mind) of a word such as "when" or
> "after" following "immediately. I've only ever noticed it in England, and it
> really suprises me each time I see it.
I've always taken that to be something uttered by someone for whom English
is not their native language. I never realised a native speaker would say
it.
--
Tristan.
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