Re: Lin: Postpositions
| From: | Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 5, 2002, 2:06 |
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Anyone ever hear of the preposition game? It's played by people taking
turns listing English prepositions. The game ends when no one can think
of a new preposition, or when someone says 'athwart,' unless anyone
present actually knows what 'athwart' means.
I have odd friends.
Posting OT, AGAIN,
-M
John Cowan wrote:
>
> I remember an anecdote about a teacher who had prepared a canonical
> List Of All English Prepositions -- until one of her students
> pointed out that "abaft" was missing.
>
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