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Hi, Could you please, tell me what's the meaning of the following sentence (it's a tongue twister)? I know the meaning of each word , but I can't understand them into it: "Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread. In simple terms, 'Fred put bread in Ted's mouth, and Ted put bread in Fred's...

for name in Old English e g how English was spoken 1000 years ago was nama In the accusative it was naman

None of these names for cases applies much to Modern English; we have neither an accusative nor a dative case and many linguists might argue we do not even have a true genitive (just a "clitic s"). Nouns have an all-purpose "base case" and a possessive form. My dog is big/I see a dog. ...

Hello Roro OED says about the etymology of "cost" as follows. a. OF. coster, couster (mod. coûter) = Pr. and Sp. costar, Pg. custar, It. costare:—L. constôre to stand together, stand firm, abide, be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost, f. con- together + stôre to stand. The construction...

"It won't be he who gets fired" is correct. In English we have only three cases: nominative, objective, and genitive (possessive). All subjects and subject complements are in the nominative case and all objects are in the objective case. (The genetive case doesn't enter into this...