on account of clause

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Oct 25, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

>
> What prompted this post is a line (scripted, no doubt) from a Canadian
> TV show that I've mentioned at least once previously.
>
> DaVinci's Inquest, Season 2 (2000) Episode 11 @10:40
>> I had to drive him on account of he lost his license.

some discussion in the section on finite clauses as objects of prepositions here:

http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/feel-like-that/

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