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Re: R: Re: "y" and "r"

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, April 1, 2001, 18:14
Mangiat wrote:
> where is the guy he's talking to from (hey, after the recent thread > about relative clauses I seriously doubt the correctness of this last > one. Would this cacophonious 'to from' be allowed?)
Well, that's *almost* correct. I would say "... where the guy he's talking to is from", subject-inversion only occurs with direct questions. But, one could say "Where's the guy he's talking to from?" -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42