Re: Rating Languages
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 18:54 |
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In a message dated 9/25/01 2:26:51 AM, dan@FEUCHARD.FSNET.CO.UK writes:
<< How do you mean? It's pretty straightforward to me. >>
No reflexive makes any sense to me except English, where absolutely
nothing is reflexive unless you want it to be. We don't shower ourselves, or
wash ourselves our hands, or any of that business. Though I can almost see
that we're on the way there, with colloquial expressions, mainly "I got
me...", e.g., "I got me a new shirt today." Oh, but that's not really
reflexive, so much as...ditransitive, is it? I don't understand it at all.
If you say it's straightforward, then teach it to me.
-David
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