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Milky Posted 19 years ago
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male/female grammar

0The London-Lund corpus reveals that British females tend to position adverbial clauses in clause-final position and British males have a tendency to place them in initial position.02br
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00Why should that be? If anyone has any information on the above "phenomenon", could you please let me have it?02br
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00Also, have you noticed any differences in the way males and females use grammar in your variant?0-
  

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01cite10Milky12cite12br
10The London-Lund corpus reveals that British females tend to position adverbial clauses in clause-final position and British males have a tendency to place them in initial position.12br
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10Do you have any examples, Milky?0-
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20The London-Lund corpus reveals that British females tend to position adverbial clauses in clause-final position and British males have a tendency to place them in initial position.22br
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0 How about examples from the corpus? There is a difference between made up examples and real ones.02br
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0 If you can access the London-Lund corpus, Kimm, let me know. As for me, I'm only reporting what I heard. I can't imagine the London-Lund people needing to tell lies or invent examples, can you? 0-
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0 If you are unable to give examples, why not say so? You seem quick to get on the defensive. What's up?02br
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30The London-Lund corpus reveals that British females tend to position adverbial clauses in clause-final position and British males have a tendency to place t
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0<So it's not unreasonable to ask to see the evidence that supports the statement.>02br
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00The address of ICAME, where copies of the London-Lund Corpus can be obtained, is:02br
00The HIT Centre,02br
00Allégt. 27,02br
00N-5007 Bergen,02br
00Norway02br
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0I bet all your cheques bounce, too.02br
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01cite10Milky12cite10<So it's not unreasonable to ask to see the evidence that supports the statement.>12br
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10The address of ICAME, where copies of the London-Lund Corpus can be obtained, is:12br
10The HIT Centre,12br
10Allégt. 27,12br
10N-5007 Bergen,12br
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01cite10Kimm12cite10If you are unable to give examples, why not say so? 12br
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10I did say so.0-
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