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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: That's a grammar question, really #74656 07/01/2002 1:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hi Wordwind, You mentioned undisputable counterexamples. But I think Lukaszd is still right in his suspicion that the form is rather seldom used in informal talk. But then, "I demand" is also not very frequent nowadays. What about "I ask for her acquittal"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted That's a grammar question, really lukaszd 07/01/2002 10:41 AM Re: That's a grammar question, really wwh 07/01/2002 12:24 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really Wordwind 07/01/2002 12:53 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really wsieber 07/01/2002 1:28 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really wwh 07/01/2002 2:15 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really Wordwind 07/01/2002 2:32 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really Keiva 07/01/2002 2:40 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really FishonaBike 07/01/2002 2:01 PM Re: That's a grammar question, really slithy toves 07/02/2002 1:16 AM Re: That's a grammar question, really lukaszd 07/02/2002 6:17 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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