Re: English V2
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 28, 2003, 7:19 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliott Lash" <erelion12@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: English V2
> And not only is it used with 'wh-questions' and 'not
> only' as well as just the negative 'not' but it also
> happens with negative words like 'seldom' and 'rarely'
>
>
> I have seen...
> Seldom have I seen...
>
> He was...
> Rarely was he....
>
> Elliott
>
Both of those have a more literary flavour, I would just say 'I have seldom
seen', and 'he was rarely' in normal speech. It's still V2, though.
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