[Ads-l] Help with the f-word and parts of speech

[Jonathan Lighter]

>  Ima gonna let the real syntacticians answer your real question .

Some prefer "Ahma let...."

(NO.Not "omelette"!)

JL

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 7:57 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 2/25/20 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Tue, 25 Feb 2020 04:19:45 +0000
> > From:    Bill Mullins<amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Help with the f-word and parts of speech
> >
> > I was recently in a discussion on another forum that went as follows,
> and I'd welcome any comments or corrections from the professionals here.
> It's been too long since I studied parts of speech, and I probably got
> something wrong here.
> > *****************first exchange starts*********
>
> I love me my _A Student's Introduction to English Grammar_ by Huddleston
> & Pullum for situations like this, when searching through the CGEL seems
> too damn daunting . . .
>
> Ima gonna let the real syntacticians answer your real question . . .
>
>
> ---Amy West
>
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