Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

>From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
>Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 20:52:05 +1100
>
>
>No, `she went to bank' is completely valid, but `bank' is not a noun, it's
>a verb, means something like `make a transaction at a bank' in that sence,
>although it can also mean something else, cf. `you can bank on that'.
>
>Tristan
>
Or "She went to bank, but just as she did, there was the Red Baron waiting
to shoot her down."  In which case "bank" is a turning action (not an oral
action ROTFL) performed by an airplane.  And, yes, went is a non-standard
usage, but one that I use occasionally.

Adam

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