Date:  Tue, 25 Oct 1994 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: go/come with



leaving out the object in "go/come with" is typical of northern

illinois and other parts of the midwest, and presumed by many to be

from germanic influence.



the phenomenon is much more widespread here in south african english,

where, e.g., i could offer you lunch and ask "have you had?"



lynne



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University of the Witwatersrand         fax:  27(11)716-8030

Johannesburg 2050         e-mail: 104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za

South Africa