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The doesn't even get into slang and other such constructs.

While we're at it... Can the determinate article "the" act as a subject, as in the sentence above? Shouldn't this rather be a demonstrative pronoun like "that" or "this"? :)

(I'm not a native speaker of English, but this seems wrong grammatically...)

Anyway, as these example nitpickings show, I don't think this proposal is a good idea... (or should it be "I do think this proposal is not a good idea"...? ;)

(Almut goes back to her cave...)

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Re^3: Grammarians: do we need a new group?
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jan 09, 2007 at 15:01 UTC
    (I'm not a native speaker of English, but this seems wrong grammatically...)

    It's certainly wrong ... but whether it was a grammatical error or a typographical error could well be a moot point :-)

    I don't think this proposal is a good idea... (or should it be "I do think this proposal is not a good idea"...? ;)

    Heh ... nice point. In terms of "usage" there's no (or little) difference. But in terms of "logic" your question confuses the crap out of me.

    Cheers,
    Rob
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