Re: TAN: new words [was: RE: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff]
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 30, 1999, 19:19 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> I wouldn't call "up" in such a sentence as "run a bill up" a regular
> ol' preposition. Rather, it operates more as a particle,
That was exactly my point. "Asunder" and "apart" in your examples are
exactly the same as "up" in that sentence, IMO.
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