Re: Inversion for subjunctive (was "Get" passive)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 23:10 |
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
> Not sure which side of the Atlantic is meant by "Rightpondia"
The side that shows up on the Right on a normal map (where North=up).
Leftpondia = North America, Rightpondia = Europe.
>- but here in the UK, "I've a cold" or "have you a pen" sounds definitely
> American.
That is truly bizarre, because here in the US they sound definitely
UK. Apparently, nobody actually says those things anymore, and
everyone assume it's the other folks who do? :)
> We'd always say "I've got a cold" and "have you got a pen"... well, maybe
> not always, but they're the normal, everyday, versions.
"I've got a cold", sure, but "do you have a pen" would be the norm for
the second - in relaxed settings, even "do you got a pen", but
probably in that case shortened to just "Got a pen?".
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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