My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> More years than I care to admit I still remember the nine German
> prepositions that take either the dative or the accusative, in
> alphabetic order--a kind of mnemonic.

an auf hinter in neben ueber unter vor zwischen

and then comes:

aus ausser bei mit nach seit von zu

this from more than  50 years ago, in high school.  it might be the
last memory i can retrieve, in my dying moments.

arnold

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