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To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: Indo-European Grammar (was: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008])
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Date: 13 Feb 2001 14:46:24 +0100
In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:09:26 +1030"
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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
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