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Re: English Changes or what into Conlangs

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 7, 1999, 4:56
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> >I was sure Padraic was joking, because he splits an infinitive in the >first five words: "I'd like to quickly add..." > >ha ha!
(: Well, I prefer the view that "to" is simply a preposition used with the infinitive (which above would be merely "go"). Padraic.
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