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Re: NATLANG: Dutch (jara: Has anyone made a real conlang?)

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Sunday, April 27, 2003, 18:41
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:54:37 -0700 Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
writes:
> --- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:> > > In the Scottish Tragedy (it's thought to be > > excruciatingly bad luck to > > name it), Macbeth says, when Lady Macbeth challenges > > him, > > > > I dare do all that may become a man; > > Who dares do more, is none. > > > > This is pure modal use; "become" = "be appropriate > > to", now lost except > > in the adjective "becoming" = "fitting, appropriate; > > attractive, beautiful". > > I had occasion to quote this yesterday. > > > > Well....I could also say: "X does not become you" > > ...but not in the affirmative: *"X becomes you" > > hmm...interesting
i hear it used in the affirmative all the time. it's probably a dialectal thing...
> Elliott Lash
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