Re: Viko Notes
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 20:19 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Newton" <Philip.Newton@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: Viko Notes
> On 25 Jun 02, at 20:32, Christian Thalmann wrote:
>
> > --- In conlang@y..., "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@U...> wrote:
> > > Quoting Nik Taylor <fortytwo@G...>:
> > > > Classical Arabic uses the accusative for the "object" of "to be".
> > >
> > > ... as do almost all varieties and registers of English.
> >
> > Ah? I didn't know that English had an accusativen casen. =P
>
> "It's me"
What about 'It is I'. Both are acceptable, though 'It's me' is more
widespread.
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