Re: What is this construction

Peter Bleackley wrote:

> He liked languages, did Tolkien.
>
> It may be a particularly Northern English form. Does anyone know what
> such a construction is called?
I've never seen this form, except as "did <pronoun>?" as a tag question.
Do you have some specific example that you were thinking of? Your
(apparently) made-up one doesn't look grammatical, to me.

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At M’khi Nen'dh, she murmured, nédhhiul, methne kirikkíssne lésesen, O
mists, that you would clear! Obediently, the plumes of cloud folded
themselves, closed their wings, and when finally settled, the
black-beaked crane dipped its head in greeting.

Feneng was not prepared for this.

Shreyas Sampat
http://njyar.blogspot.com

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