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   Helmut Richter to Bertel Lund Hansen   
   Re: Somewheres   
   05 Sep 24 12:28:59   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: hr.usenet@email.de   
      
   On Thu, 5 Sep 2024, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   In einem kühlen Grunde,   
   da steht ein Mühlenrad.   
   Wie groß ist wohl der Umfang,   
   wenn man den Radius hat?   
      
   --   
   Helmut Richter   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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