Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 15:52 |
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:17:58PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> I was intending to include a meta-comment on the verbal cluster the the first
> sentence of the above paragraph, to the effect it robs anglophones of the
> right to complain about lengthy verb strings in German (and Swedish, for that
> matter), but refrained to, since on further reflection I'm not positive it's
> kosher English. So I'll content myself with a meta-meta-comment.
I'm pretty sure "would have ought to be" isn't kosher, if only because
"ought" is a defective verb with no past participle form.
-Mark
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