equivocal It would be erroneous to say that the suffixes in a), b) and c) are the same. Orthographically maybe, and that only would be for a) and b). Even then only for regular plurals and verbs. c) has an apostrophe which makes a world of a

The "-s" is the most common suffix left in English by now, it took over several functions: a) plural indicator: one apple - two apples b) 3rd ps sg inflection indicator: sing - he sings c) genitive ending: Jon's house In my opinion, the

Nur der liebe Gott, der sieht alles....

>>>>> All these troubles are from the ancient usage of 's'. The '-s' is not ancient. The -s actually is a simplification of forming the plural. English, as most Germanic languages, used to form plurals differently - rests of these old

I doubt the plural ending -s will vanish at all, I'd rather say it'll become more common, also for words that have no special plural form by now, like e.g. "sheep".

Wird das hier jetzt 'ne deutsche Ecke?? *hehe*

Was ist denn hier los??

It means that I do not think that structure is more important than pragmatics.

Hmm... interesting. Actually, "about + ger" does not really sound wrong to my ears, maybe it can be used with either the gerund or the infinitive?!

I learned "why" (/wai/) to be the right pronunciation of the letter "Y". Btw - one question out of interest: Is Czech your native language, Ivo? I noticed you called Y "Ypsilon", I wonder if that's the Czech name for the letter?! Thanks.