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   From: gadekryds@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Helmut Richter wrote:   
      
   >   Where there is free choice between -s and -es genitive, usage of -es has a   
   >   slight poetic or archaic touch. The always optional -e dative ending,   
   >   however, is pronouncedly archaic; many speakers use it only in idioms,   
   >   e.g. bei Lichte besehen ([seen] in the cold light of day), im Grunde   
   >   (basically),   
      
   Ah, "In einem kühlen Grunde" - ich habe es gesehen, ... eh, I have seen   
   it, but I didn't think too much about it.   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
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