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<p class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#5b1094">Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net">kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net</a></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (01) [EN]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Note that you could also say “books aplenty” in English.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin Caldwell</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Laurel, MD</span></p>
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<div>But you might well say "books a-plenty". Or "Money to burn", "rain for England" etc.</div>
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England <br><br>----------<br><br><p class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#c88900">Isaac M. Davis</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:isaacmacdonalddavis@gmail.com">isaacmacdonalddavis@gmail.com</a></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.12 (01) [EN]</span></p>
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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="im"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">From: <span><span style="color:#5b1094">Henry Pijffers</span> <span><a href="mailto:henry.pijffers@gmail.com" target="_blank">henry.pijffers@gmail.com</a></span></span></p>
Subject: <span>LL-L "Etymology" 2011.05.11 (02) [EN]</span><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"> </font></p></div>And
is that word put behind the object in Gaelic? I mean, in English one
would say "plenty books", but "books galore". Is that word order also
copied from Gaelic?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Actually, if it's modifying a noun, it's put before the noun, and the noun is in the genitive case: <i>go leor ama</i> 'plenty of time', <i>go leor airgid</i> 'enough money'. It only goes after the word it's modifying if that word is an adjective: <i>maith go leor</i> 'good enough', <i>mór go leor</i> 'big
enough'. This is in Irish, mind you. I can't speak to usage in Scottish
Gaelic or Manx, though I could ask people tomorrow.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Isaac M. Davis</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888">-- <br><br>"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master."<br>—Abraham Lincoln</font><br><span></span><p class="MsoNormal">
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