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    Huh. I had no idea English had actual terms for these things. Russian does and they teach it in grade school, just because you need to know it to speak/write properly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gezina View Post
    I'm not familiar with the Aorist, but Genitive and Dative are common in most indo-european languages (though a fair few have lost them, including English, Dutch, and French)

    Basically, the Genitive is used to show possession, and is one of the cases West-Germanic languages seem the most reluctant to get rid of.

    Examples of the Genitive in English:

    My father is smart.
    In His youth, the King's strength was legendary.
    It's not uncommon for people to forget their heritage.
    Curly's books hold terms she doesn't know.

    I'm not too sure about examples for the Dative, but I could come up with some if given time.
    Ah; just a different name then. 'k; I know what these are then.

    @Flickerdart: not all of the terms used for English (e.g. all the tenses, the differences between determiners and such) are taught in primary or even secondary schools. We are taught everything, but not given all the proper names of the tenses etc..

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    Dative: In Ancient Greek, it's to, or from.

    i.e.
    The present is from the general.
    I give the present to the general.

    EDIT: The aorist's a tense. A somewhat difficult one. You should be learning it fourth, after present, future, and imperfect.
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    @Curly: So this is why you British sound so smart...You actually learn the English language!
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    No, the British are just superior in every way.[/joke]

    Yer I noticed in a lot of lessons in my school that we get taught things but not what they're called.
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    Quote Originally Posted by groundhog22 View Post
    @Curly: So this is why you British sound so smart...You actually learn the English language!
    Hey, we learn to speak American pretty damn well, I think.

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    *stands in the corner with a 2x4*

    let's not go into the whole language thing again...I'd really hate to have to use this...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoBitWriter View Post
    Hey, we learn to speak American pretty damn well, I think.
    Yes, you're hella good at speaking it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oregano View Post
    Yes, you're hella good at speaking it.
    You ain't lyin'!

    (On that note, I remember my German teacher [from France] who asked the class to explain to him what "ain't" meant. That was a fun exchange... "It's not really a word, we just use it...")

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoBitWriter View Post
    my German teacher [from France]
    I had an Irish French teacher and a Romanian English teacher, beat that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oregano View Post
    I had an Irish French teacher and a Romanian English teacher, beat that!
    I think that a French German teacher is appropriately contradictory to trump your challenge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoBitWriter View Post
    I think that a French German teacher is appropriately contradictory to trump your challenge.
    o.O

    I had a French German teacher once, too.

    Not to mention a French English teacher and a Mexican French teacher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by groundhog22 View Post
    @Curly: So this is why you British sound so smart...You actually learn the English language!
    When you can pick the word 'she' out of a text and call it a non - standard use of the second person singular feminine pronoun used to describe a ship you know you've started to learn the English Language.

    @All: English is English, it's all just variations on the same language. There's actually a linguistic term for it; I think it might be dialect, but I'm not sure at the moment.

    @TwoBit:
    In secondary school there was a French teacher, from Spain, with a German name; who'd actually spent most of her life in Italy. And is now teaching in England.

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    I think a French German teacher would be more common than an irish french teacher, but probably more bizare.

    EDIT: Curly wins.
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    That sounds like when my Hebrew teacher asked us what "duh" meant.
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    French Latin teacher. First language is Latin. It's weird.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl View Post
    @TwoBit:
    In secondary school there was a French teacher, from Spain, with a German name; who'd actually spent most of her life in Italy. And is now teaching in England.
    You British just can't quit, can you? I will just deny that you said anything and continue to claim that I win!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoBitWriter View Post
    You British just can't quit, can you? I will just deny that you said anything and continue to claim that I win!
    Hey! that's the British tactic!

    See now I'm arguing about that as well.
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    I've got to agree about the British not knowing when to quit. If I recall correctly, there was a sentry posted by the cliffs of Dover at least until the 1920's, if not until WWII. This sentry's job was to watch and give a warning if he saw Napoleon coming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by groundhog22 View Post
    I've got to agree about the British not knowing when to quit. If I recall correctly, there was a sentry posted by the cliffs of Dover at least until the 1920's, if not until WWII. This sentry's job was to watch and give a warning if he saw Napoleon coming.
    I wrote a short story once about a zombie Napoleon, so it makes perfect sense in that context!

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    Quote Originally Posted by groundhog22 View Post
    I've got to agree about the British not knowing when to quit. If I recall correctly, there was a sentry posted by the cliffs of Dover at least until the 1920's, if not until WWII. This sentry's job was to watch and give a warning if he saw Napoleon coming.
    Yer but Napoleon did attack we'd be prepared, would you?
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    Cool. But yes, we're pretty stubborn. It's the 'stiff upper lip' thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CurlyKitGirl View Post
    Cool. But yes, we're pretty stubborn. It's the 'stiff upper lip' thing.
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    Actually, according to my English teacher, ain't is a real word - in one circumstance.

    I am not
    I ain't

    It's a contraction for "am not", and because "am not" is used only after "I", it is incorrect unless it has an "I" in front of is. Thus, "he ain't, she ain't, we ain't" are all incorrect.

    But I ain't is not.

    That said...it doesn't exactly sound educated to use it, so I wouldn't recommend it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonrider View Post
    Actually, according to my English teacher, ain't is a real word - in one circumstance.

    I am not
    I ain't

    It's a contraction for "am not", and because "am not" is used only after "I", it is incorrect unless it has an "I" in front of is. Thus, "he ain't, she ain't, we ain't" are all incorrect.

    But I ain't is not.

    That said...it doesn't exactly sound educated to use it, so I wouldn't recommend it.
    Ask your linguistics professor about it, I'm sure he'd give you a different take.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Ask your linguistics professor about it, I'm sure he'd give you a different take.
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    But then the question arises of why use "I ain't" when more people would be willing to accept "I'm not" as a contraction for "I am not."

    However, my grammar textbook from my second year says that "ain't" was the original contracted form, but has become taboo.

    But then this touches on an issue with grammar I've never been able to work out: the "more proper" contracted negative "to be." Should it be the subject and verb or verb and negative adverb? "It's not" or "it isn't"? (I tend to use the first in spoken and the second in written, for some curious reason) My aforementioned grammar textbook seems to be on the side of the second, contracting "not" to "n't" instead of contractiong "to be" to "'m/'re/'s."

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul J. Hopper, A Short Course in Grammar
    In less formal registers, "not" can be replaced by the contracted form "n't." There is some tendency for the shorter (contracted) form to move into the written registers also, especially if a chatty style is the goal, but in formal writing this trend should not be followed. A few combinations of modal plus "n't" must be specially learned, for example "won't," "can't." The verb "to be" is regular except for the first-person singular "I am," whose original contracted form "I ain't" has become taboo.
    So, my textbook seems to side with your teacher, DR. "Ain't" is, technically, correct. Of course, contractions are informal in any case, so there aren't really any hard rules about them. I've always classified "ain't" as dialect. But, then, the only place I care about 100% correct grammar is in formal school papers, where you shouldn't be using contractions. Ever.


    *sigh* I always sucked at grammar knowledge. Some of my friends took the so-called "grammar boot camp" class in first year, but I avoided it because it wasn't a requirement. I only manage to make cohesive sentences through habit and practise.
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    Thanks, ZRS. That's more or less what I thought. He prefaced his explanation with the disclaimer, "Don't you DARE do this on any paper you submit, especially not to me!"

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    To go back a bit there, I have a German Spanish teacher who knows a little French. This is in New Zealand. So many languages!

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