Re: Story - TCOAIW
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 22:10 |
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"MNR. TD LAWRIE" <13488767@...>-ad kurti:
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> "Thou" isn't an archaic or formal singular for "you", I think. I
> believe
> it's a different pronoun, with plural "ye".
the plural of 'thou' is 'you'. 'ye' is the plural of 'thee'. (that
sentence doesn't quite sound right to me. can someone tell me why?)
> As for contractions like "don't"/"he'd", I was always taught to
> avoid
> such contractions in prose (this was in the normal course of
> schooling for native speakers of English). Thus I must agree with
> the analogy with the French "ne...pas". Not sure whether I would
> always find such contractions "awkward" myself, though.
i would agree, but then i would have to say that the correct
pronounciation of 'he had' (at least in my dialect) is [hid].
one interesting comment: i pronounce "he'd" (he would) as [hi@d] and
"he'd" (he had) as [hid].
> Thomas
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
"Ananwa," eque erye, "i ilúvë ná carmë Eruva. Ilyë nati nar tanwi
Erullo."
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