Date:    Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:54:26 -0800
<br>From:    Devon Coles  dcoles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HORIZON.BC.CA 
<br>Subject: Re: "of" everywhere?
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<br> In a message dated 3/21/98 11:17:54 PM, you wrote:
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<br>   I vote for catchall prepositions.  As a struggling Spanish learner, I
<br>want
<br> to use "de" everywhere, occ. maybe "a'".  Let's do it for all languages
<br> with prepostions.  Sort of universal creolization  
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<br> it is called "Esperanto"
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<br>Au contraire, mon frere! There's nothing "universal" about Esperanto -
<br>unless your definition of the universe is Western Europe.
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<br>Cheers,
<br>Devon Coles
<br>dcoles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]horizon.bc.ca
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