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Re: Some questions.....

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
Date:Sunday, February 3, 2002, 3:55
 --- Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote: > Padraic Brown wrote:
> > English? At least part time. "That's where I want to go to". > > That's not really a postposition, tho. It's just that the question word > is fronted without its preposition. A better example of postpositions > in English would be things like "Five years ago"
There's no question in 'That's where I want to go to' and I can't think of an (even gramatically incorrect) alternative (like 'You would like to go where to?', but that's a question). http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! - It's My Yahoo! Get your own!

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>