Re: ODD VERB FORM (WAS: Llirine: introduction and phonology)

Am 02.12.01, Elliott Lash yscrifef:

> My mail got sent before I wanted it to. This is what I wanted to say:
>
> What is this "stare"  and "touch" here....subjunctive? It makes
> sence to me, and this is how i'd say it, but I never really
> thought about it.
>
I'd call them infinitives. Looks like the old ACC + INF trick.
On the surface, the form is also subjunctive; so with the right
main verb, I might consider it a subjunctive.

> > > "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each
> > > one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less."
> > > - "Disciple", Stuart Davis
>
> Elliott
>
Padraic.
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