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Re: USAGE: Circumfixes

From:<jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 20, 2004, 21:12
Joe scripsit:

> Interestingly, English did something odd here. 'I doubt that he will > not come' originally meant 'I doubt he'll come', used in the same manner > as 'I am afraid that'. But that meaning changed.
The change didn't happen in Scots, so you can still hear this form if you go to the right places. -- The Imperials are decadent, 300 pound John Cowan <jcowan@...> free-range chickens (except they have http://www.reutershealth.com teeth, arms instead of wings and http://www.ccil.org/~cowan dinosaurlike tails). --Elyse Grasso