Re: Future English

--- Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...> wrote:
>
> Could be, although languages don't seem prone to conjugating at the
> beginning of words. We still have to wonder how that would leave
> questions, though. It seems that there would be separate morphemes for
> questions:
>
> my-ran-i (am I running?)
> a-ya-ran-i (are you running?)
> i-zi-ran-i (is he running?)
>
In American English at least, verbs aren't required to be at the beginning of interrogative
sentences.  "I'm running?" is, I think, just as permissible as "Am I running?".

- Rob

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