Re: Are "semi-creoles" widespread?

Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A common response in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.* when someone asks
a question of the form, "I want to [do something on a Web page that I
don't realize is bad practice]. How can I do that?" is "Stop wanting
that." You'd also have the progressive in "Keep wanting that and you may
be sorry when you get it."

Again, those are verbal nouns and not the continuous form.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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