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   "Michelle Bottorff"  wrote   
      
   > Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   >> That's correct.  In German:   
   [...]   
   >>    Gestern schlug er sie.   
   >>    Yesterday hit he her.   
      
   >Thank you!   
      
   > ... I had previously been told that in German the verb always came last.   
      
   > Must be one of those urban legend type thingies.  :)   
      
   I was disabused of that when I, having discovered /French/ COBOL and hearing   
   of a similar German COBOL, asked how it was handled.   
      
   "Not imperative verbs - and all COBOL verbs are imperative".   
      
   (Simple pre-processor if anyone wonders about implementation).   
      
      
   --   
   Mike D   
      
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