Dative Subjects (was: Re: Genetic Descent)

petegray petegray at btinternet.com
Fri Jul 27 07:18:14 UTC 2001


> ...confusion of <thenken>
> 'to think' with <thinken>

> I would draw a parallel with the use of <set> for <sit> ..it seems unlikely
> that <set> will ever completely displace <sit>.

Another example is "lay" and "lie".   "Lay" has already replaced "lie" for
many speakers.

peter



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