Re: Foreign Language Acquisition

From: Garland H. Shinn (ghshinn@home.com)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 18:21:25 EST


With all due respect to your position, it is actually a subjective
genitive, "The living vice produced by dead languages."

G. Shinn

Mike Sangrey wrote:
>
> And I thought "dead languages" was genitival: "The living vice OF dead
> languages."
>
> Perhaps, "ever-living" would be a better translation. Viva La Greek.
>
> :-)
> --
> Mike Sangrey
> mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us
> Landisburg, Pa.
> There is no 'do' in faith, everywhere present within it is 'done'.
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