[lit-ideas] Re: "eine wunderbare Leben"
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:07:24 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Mon, 18/5/09, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Surely the Germans are able to do _without_ 'thing' (ding)
> in your
> expressions, so why can't the English?
No. They do without them in _their_ expressions. When they do without them in
English expressions they speak solecistically. So why don't the English?
Because they speak good English.
Compare: if English uses 'thing', why can't the Germans?
Donal
And yes to the other question if you can believe I meant to write Pipper
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