Re: CHAT: I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 9, 1999, 1:32 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Tom Wier wrote:
> > Well, when you think about it, it still is OSV: when a modal auxilliary is
> > used (I think), the auxilliary goes in the V position, with the infinitive going
> > in the predicate phrase.
>
> Well, that still wouldn't explain "I cannot teach the boy. He has no
> patience", as opposed to "Teach the boy I cannot. No patience he has"
True. All I can say to this is that perhaps he was speaking in the
official or standard dialect.
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