Re: English has 4 cases, not 3!
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 25, 2001, 14:09 |
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Joe Hill <joe@W...> wrote:
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Accusative - Pronouns- 'Me'
Nominative - Pronouns- 'I'
Genitive - 'House's'
Allative - 'Homewards'
It may be old news, but I found it interesting.
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Hmm, English doesn't really have cases; the accusative marking in
pronouns is just a part of the old declension system that refused to
fall off.
If you consider English suffixes like -wards as case suffixes, I'm
sure there are many other such examples, but I can't think of any,
as ... uh ... it's yes! it's the night after Christmas day and I
can't think properly. That will do.
Imperative
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