on 12/26/05 12:52 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: > <snip> >>> I have no problem with you or anyone else believing >>> that. Me, I don't personally believe >> >> ...on a totally different topic: Note your grammar above. You >> wrote: "Me, I don't personally...". I've seen you do that before, >> Tantra, and I suspect that this has crept into your lexicon from >> living in France! Do you think so? Coming from a french-speaking >> area (Quebec) we use that grammatical construction as well: "Moi, >> je ne veux pas...or whatever". >> >> Am I on to something here? Or is this just as acceptable in >> English? > > Not acceptable in *formal* English, but it's not > uncommon in colloquial, informal English. Not > inconceivable the construction was originally > borrowed from French.
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