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

On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:

>  Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> writes:
>
> > On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:
> >
> > > Um....you can't say "She went to bank" you HAVE to say "She went to
> > > a/the bank"
> >
> > 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'.
>
> I would never read or hear the sentence as the first example: "She
> went to make a transaction at a bank" and the second example is
> incomprehensible to me..which makes it seem like it's either archaic
> or something I haven't learned yet (and I'm an English L1
> speaker..living in New York).
Archaic, I think. Meant to mention that, but I forgot. Also sounds
British, but a lot of archaisms do...

Tristan

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