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Re: Italian Particles

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Saturday, April 22, 2000, 14:40
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

>Sally Caves wrote: >> What about sentences like, "He wants you to call him, David, I mean." > >That's an afterthought. You started off saying "He wants you to call >him", but then realized that the context might not be clear enough to >indicate that "he" is David, so you stuck on that bit.
Just peeking in: But what if it's habitual, the structure, you see? Padraic.
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