Sujet : Re: An
De : benlizro (at) *nospam* ihug.co.nz (Ross Clark)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 28. Apr 2024, 12:28:20
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On 28/04/2024 9:25 p.m., db wrote:
There is an old English use of "an" for "if". Where
does this come from? I can't think of similar forms
in German or Danish or Latin.
OED identifies it with "and", citing the combinations "an if" and "if an". I'm not sure if I can explicate the semantics of this, but that's what they say.
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