Date: 13 Feb 2001 14:46:24 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mathew KANNER <mat@cs.mcgill.ca>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Indo-European Grammar (was: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008]) Message-ID: <xzpwvauy9u7.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:09:26 %2B1030" References: <xzpzofxffa2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com> <20010208110159.E2429@lpt.ens.fr> <xzpzofxffa2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010208150641.A15166@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010208193726.04763b10@localhost> <20010209143121.J16260@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010209153743.D18596@cs.mcgill.ca> <20010210100926.P16260@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > On Friday, 9 February 2001 at 15:37:43 -0500, Mathew KANNER wrote: > > Really? I have a vague memory of being taught that it was > > used when the speaker is referring to a group of people, which he is a > > member of -- no inference on the makeup of the group nor speaker can > > be made, Much like "we" in English. > You can use it like that as well, unlike "one" in English. Not grammatically correct, though very common in daily speech. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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