Re: Rating Languages

In a message dated 9/27/01 6:41:33 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:

<< Speaking of English, has anyone else encountered "be staying" for
"live"?  E.g., "I'm staying at the Avenues [an apartment complex]"  I
don't think I've encountered it used for a place that you own, it might
be restricted to rental situations.  Still, I'd use "live" in those
cases. >>

    Well, I use this a lot at college, because I'm only staying at these
places during the school year.

<<> 3.) I'll eat (promisary): "You're going to eat your vegetables, right?"
"Yes,
> mom, I'll eat them."
> 10.) I'll eat (conditional): "I'll eat if you get me something." (Here the
> emphasis is on the action taking
I think these are the same.  You're promising to eat *IF* that condition
is met.>>

    I think they emphasize different things.

<<I will've eaten sounds odd to me.  I'd say either I'll've eaten or I'll
have eaten or I will have eaten.>>

    Really?  I say it all the time! ~:D

<<21. Obligation: I must/have to/gotta eat
22. Semi-obligation?: I should eat, I oughta eat>>

    Yeah, here I decided to draw the line, since I would have had to have
gone into each conjugation for each, then there's "can", and "enjoy", "love",
"want", "wish", etc.  "Should" I characterize as "Someone's told me I have to
do it, but I'm not going to do it"; "must" I characterize as "I feel
personally obligated to do this"; "have to/have got to" is the general
obligative; "ought" I characterize as "I know it's better for me if I do it,
but I'm still not going to".

<<Oh!  And a fairly major one
23. Past habitual?: I used to eat: "He used to eat meat, until he became
a vegetarian"
    And its negative: I didn't used to eat>>

    I have no idea how I left this out!  I even included it in my original
e-mail, if you go back and check.  As for it's negative, that's something
that could have doubled the number of entries.

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