Re: English question
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 1, 2001, 0:18 |
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > (Australia uses the preferential voting system where one numbers people
> > rather than voting for them
>
> So, "I voted for Bob Brown one" means "I put Bob Brown down as my number
> one choice"?
Yeah, except adding the word `for' moves `one' to directly after the word
`voted'. (Thus `I voted "one" for Bob Brown', although even that sounds a
bit stilted.)
Tristan
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