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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 23 February 2009 - Volume 04<br>
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From: Gary Taylor <<a href="mailto:gary_taylor_98@yahoo.com">gary_taylor_98@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L Grammar<br>
<br>
Dear All<br>
<br>
As I was walking into work the other day - a time I get to let my mind wander -
I was thinking about the phrase 'to try to/and'. When I use this I would say
something like<br>
<br>
'I'm going to try and do something',<br>
<br>
so with try and (I think in my head 'I'm going to try to do something' sounds
somehow wrong). However, I would always say<br>
<br>
'I'm trying to do something'<br>
<br>
and not 'trying to' (in my variety this latter comes out as 'chrina' -
like 'china' but with an r). Was wondering if this was peculiar to me, or if
this was fairly widespread.<br>
<br>
Gary Taylor<br>
London<br>
<br>
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<br>
From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
<br>
Subject: Language diversity<br>
<br>
Hey, Gary! It's
so nice to hear from you again!<br>
<br>
I have a different question for folks:<br>
<br>
What, if any, might be the justification for people to use "different"
after numbers, e.g.<br>
<br>
Switzerland
has four <u>different</u> languages.<br>
<br>
The US
political system is obsessed with two <u>different</u> parties, referred to as the
"two-party system".<br>
<br>
In most of these cases, "different" seems redundant to me, as opposed
to e.g.<br>
<br>
I have three <u>different</u> questions for you. <br>
(where these are different from previously asked ones)<br>
<br>
I see the redundant "different" more and more, and I wonder what it does
for the speakers and writers who on the other hand would not say things like "I
have three different children."<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</span></p>