away they go
away they go Don't think this can be proved. Reasoning that ~ has become a simple exclamation _away_ da _go_! with the middle element meaningless -- no longer _they_ but a grunt. Therefore elevation to _to_ as infinitive is misleading. CK. Slouse! Query file [check] Not used Not used Queried Ch...
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Summary: | away they go Don't think this can be proved. Reasoning that ~ has become a simple exclamation _away_ da _go_! with the middle element meaningless -- no longer _they_ but a grunt. Therefore elevation to _to_ as infinitive is misleading. CK. Slouse! Query file [check] Not used Not used Queried Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 12 Sep 2014 |
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