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I just saw a subject header on the cogling list: Dative with Infinitive.

Jeez, I really need a dative with an infinitve now.

Date: 2004-02-17 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hfx-ben.livejournal.com
I defy anyone to come up with a phrase yields fewer search results than "dative with infinitive"!

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Date: 2004-02-17 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hfx-ben.livejournal.com
Quickly! 15 words or less; define "Ergativity"!

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Date: 2004-02-17 03:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solri.livejournal.com
Ergativity is the state of being erged.

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Date: 2004-02-17 03:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hfx-ben.livejournal.com
Ah-ha!
I thot sew!

Erged to the point of bichronicity?

(I did a psycholinguistics course 4 or 5 years ago ... unfortunately it was shortly after having suffered a sever concussion. Oh my, the headaches! *grin*)

Date: 2004-02-18 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thedward.livejournal.com
I spent entirely too long trying to figure out what "to cogle" might mean.

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