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Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Thursday, July 13, 2006, 17:30
ditto!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Caves" <scaves@...>
To: "Constructed Languages List" <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"


> Would "I was going crazy" be more acceptable? I've heard that > construction a lot. Is it that it's put in the simple preterite the > problem? > > Sally > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sai Emrys" <sai@...> > To: <CONLANG@...> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 2:58 AM > Subject: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago" > > >>I saw that line in a profile. >> >> My response as a question: "What sort of crazy did you go?" >> >> That seems like a really funny construction to me. >> >

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