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Ethical dative

From:Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
Date:Monday, June 2, 2003, 12:42
Henrik Theiling wrote:

> *Gib mir dem Mann das bloß nicht! > give me.DAT the-man.DAT that.ACC EMPH not. > Don't you dare to give that to the man! > >
I noticed John didn't correct the 'to give' in the translation. Is it grammatical in some dialects to use the 'to' there? (It certainly isn't in mine: you'd say 'Don't you dare give that to the man!'.) -- Tristan <kesuari@...>

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