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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Tendency of Inflections to Disappear - Why?
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 14:03:10 GMT
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In article <4t0usc$kaa@thighmaster.admin.lsa.umich.edu>, jlawler@snoopy.ling.lsa.umich.edu (John Lawler) writes:
-->But these can't all be mastered overnight.  For starts, let me
-->suggest that once you get familiar with the contents of David
-->Crystal's "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language" and "Cambridge
-->Encyclopedia of the English Language", you'll find that a lot
-->of your puzzlement has disappeared, to be replaced with a much
-->superior grade of puzzlement at the *really* interesting
-->linguistic phenomena, like the current US Northern Cities
-->Chain Shift, now playing at your favorite Northern City.

The current US Northern Cities what?

-- jP --



