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JUNHEE LEE Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

choose me one?

Instead of saying "choose one for me",
"Choose me one" would be natural?

I could see it in Google-ngram..Emotion: smile
  

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JUNHEE LEE "Choose me one" would be natural? Not these days. " “Now," quoth Robin, when they had broken their fast, and each man had eaten his fill, “it is time for us to set forth upon the undertaking that we have in hand for to-day.

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  • JUNHEE LEE "Choose me one" would be natural?
  • Not these days.
  • " “Now," quoth Robin, when they had broken their fast, and each man had eaten his fill, “it is time for us to set forth upon the undertaking that we have in hand for to-day.
  • I will choose me one score of my good men to go with me,
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JUNHEE LEE"Choose me one" would be natural?
Not these days. You will see this form in old literature and regional dialects:

"My noble knights," said the Emperor Charles, choose me one man: a baron from my march, 7 to bring my message to King Marsilion."

“Now," quoth Robin, when they had broken their fast, and each man had eaten his fill, “it
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Hi

I think that we do sometimes say that. I may go into a pub and ask about the beer. They have a good selection but I say 'you choose me one'

The guy behind the bar may be thinking 'Am I talking to a medieval knight?' or he may just know that I trust his judgement

Dave
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dave_anonbut I say 'you choose me one'
After how many beers?
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