Belated reply re: "the" wife

Wed Nov 10 01:23:12 UTC 1999

So what is right on. One year don't cut it for prepositions (ask folks who
have been learnin' English for years).

dInIs

>On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>
>>You didn't spend none of that life in the UK though Bethany.
>
>Wrong, DInIs! I was there from Aug. 1971 to Aug. 1972. But ... so what?
>
>Bethany

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736