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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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