On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions / / Fitzedward Hall.
Fitzedward Hall, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, examines the construction “had rather” in English as it is used with verbs (Had rather go, etc.), which many grammarians found to be a puzzling grammatical anomaly.
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Analecta Gorgiana
|
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (42 p.) |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY