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Re: Different Syntax in Idioms

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 13, 2005, 21:44
Hallo!

Henrik Theiling wrote:

> Hi! > > Thomas Wier asked about this: > > I just noticed idioms in German that use different syntax that normal > language: [examples snup]
I would say that the idioms in question preserve older syntactic patterns. This seems to be a common phenomenon. Greetings, Jörg.