Re: Somewheres

Helmut Richter wrote:

  Where there is free choice between -s and -es genitive, usage of -es has a
  slight poetic or archaic touch. The always optional -e dative ending,
  however, is pronouncedly archaic; many speakers use it only in idioms,
  e.g. bei Lichte besehen ([seen] in the cold light of day), im Grunde
  (basically),

Ah, "In einem kühlen Grunde" - ich habe es gesehen, ... eh, I have seen
it, but I didn't think too much about it.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark