"soon before"?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Well, I had English Caribbean Creoles in mind, but the relationship
is obvious to some.

dInIs

PS: Dust your own broom.

>On May 18, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
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>>Come on. You all wake up soon?
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>>dInIs
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>Well, FWIW, blues singers typically show a tendency both to get up and
>to leave "soon in the morning."
>
>-Wilson
>
>>>On May 18, 2005, at 4:20 PM, sagehen wrote:
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>>>>Seymour Hersh in  /Chain of Command/ on pp. 355-6 writes:
>>>>"....security official said in an interview _soon before_ the
>>>>transfer
>>>>of
>>>>sovereignty that..."  [my emphasis].
>>>>This looks & sounds very odd to me;  I would expect _shortly
>>>>before_here.
>>>>A. Murie
>>>>
>>>
>>>You have my vote!
>>>
>>>-Wilson
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>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor
>>Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
>>         Asian and African Languages
>>Wells Hall A-740
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
>>Office: (517) 353-0740
>>Fax: (517) 432-2736


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
Fax: (517) 432-2736
preston at msu.edu