Re: genitive
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 2, 2002, 15:27 |
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Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> Well, I think you have to excuse Ebera as being new to this, but it's true that
> his tone is inexcusable (even for a French, whose propension to pretention -
> wow! What a phrase! - is not only a myth :(( ).
Alas, the English language as she is spoke demands "propensity to
pretentiousness", not nearly as nifty.
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