Re: Chomsky's "Minimalist" paper

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From: Eric Schiller
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:25

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Sorry: mnye (bylo) pomoch' yemu
I forgot the translations.
It means something like: It (was) up to me to help him.
or:
	It (was) up to him to help me.

Depending on intonation and context. Most of my informants accept the construction,
though some find it awkward. The point is that the pronouns are each in the dative
case.

Eric

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