Re: Languages in Europe - Who understands what ?

From: Owain (spuorgelgoog_at_gowanhill.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: 28 Nov 2004 11:16:28 -0800

devil wrote
> But there are many German language features that are largely gone in
> English. Especially word ordering rules, such as inversions, split
> verbs, construction of subordinates etc.
> Granted that verbs work mostly in the same way.

And our possessive forms - John's book - come directly from Johannes
Buch, the ' in the 's denoting elision of the es of the German
genitive case.

Owain