Uzytkownik "izzy" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci There is a pervasive tendency for the same semantically unrelated concepts to be joined as (near) homonyms across languages. So, ... not be phonetically or etymologically related),

Irish (Gaelic) has 5 cases - nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive and dative -, You cannot be serious. In modern standard Irish there are three cases: nominative, vocative, and genitive. Dative can hardly be said to be a living form anymore,

English has nominative, possessive, and, for pronouns, object. That's all. Some (not I) would say that English has a dative case, as for instance"me" in "She gave me the book". Historically the dative and accusative merged,

onetitfemme schrieb: Well, yes it might be. Even though I am more of a tech monkey I am a very well read ... "someone" or "you may enter", when you mean "anyone" ... .. This is kind of what I am looking for You are

English has nominative, possessive, and, for pronouns, object. That's all. Some (not I) would say that English has a dative case, as for instance "me" in "She gave me the book". Alan Jones Would the same people also say

"Infinitives" are frequently used as the nominative of the gerund. ... I'd start it "consulturum esse", and "consulturum" would be nominative. You need study more Latin. Read more Latin and stop thinking about how

If it were used adjectivally, how could it have a ... a verb*. Or maybe do you have a better analysis? By definition, a participle is capable of acting simultaneously as both verb and adjective (and also, by extension of its ... verb, simply

If the genitive exists as a case in English, then ... two: "him and me" + "-'s" = "him and my"). I didn't follow that - how does it make it 'untrue'? If the second analysis is the correct one, then we

(Email Removed)> (Email Removed) Organization: UPenn Linguistics Followup-To: I'm sure there have been, and I see no need ... may or may not be a true case in English). Interesting. Why might 'it is hers' be an example of the use of

Brief comment: English doesn't have a dative . . . . You know not the ground whereon you tread. Do a usenet Google (the bulk is likely on a.e.u.). Long and often fiery threads. it is either a gross solecism or it is an ... English speakers no