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#152705 - 03/04/2003 08:42 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: peter]
bonzi
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Yes, in Croatian we have seven cases (although sometimes not all seven are different, especially for pronouns). Latin uses six, IIRC.
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#152706 - 03/04/2003 09:21 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: bonzi]
Roger
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Latin uses six, IIRC.

Yep: Nominative, Vocative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative and Ablative.

Ancient Greek doesn't have Ablative -- instead it merges the senses of dative and ablative.

Don't ask me to remember what they're used for, though. It's been a while.
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#152707 - 03/04/2003 09:33 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: Roger]
bonzi
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Yep: Nominative, Vocative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative and Ablative.

Ancient Greek doesn't have Ablative -- instead it merges the senses of dative and ablative.

Don't ask me to remember what they're used for, though. It's been a while.


Croatian splits ablative further into locative and instrumental (BTW, you got your order wrong: is it Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, Ablative - how else could you recite examples of declinations by heart ). I can remind you of usage if you want, but I would have difficult times doing that in English
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#152708 - 03/04/2003 12:22 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: wfaulk]
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So, Bitt, since you're from the south, is it "Yall and me..." or "Me and yall..." or "Yall and I..."?
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#152709 - 03/04/2003 13:55 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: TheRhino]
wfaulk
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I don't believe I've ever heard ``y'all'' ever used in that way. (Some might claim that ``we'' would be the proper pronoun to use in that instance, myself included. ) But if it were, the proper way would still always be to refer to yourself last.
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#152710 - 03/04/2003 15:48 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: wfaulk]
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I don't believe I've ever heard ``y'all'' ever used in that way

What? You've never been to the LongBranch?
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#152711 - 03/04/2003 16:32 Re: Communication Skills for Computer Scientists [Re: TheRhino]
wfaulk
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I can proudly say that I've never been to the LongBranch, although I have shared the use of the Oak City Diner (now, sadly, closed) with many of its patrons on many occasions. It's hard to believe that people willingly wear pearl-snap cowboy shirts.
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