A weird linguistic monet...
Dec. 5th, 2002 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraSo take, "This is strange, isn't it?"
Break down "Isn't it?" - "is not it?" That's awkward. I would say, "is it not?"
I just noticed that. It's like wh movement with out the wh word. How peculiar.
Ignore me. I'm strange.
Break down "Isn't it?" - "is not it?" That's awkward. I would say, "is it not?"
I just noticed that. It's like wh movement with out the wh word. How peculiar.
Ignore me. I'm strange.
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Date: 2002-12-05 12:06 pm (UTC)