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Old 09-24-2007, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Roman
10: I adopted this from the RMJ's English translation, keeping the "plus" negative just as the "pas" that had been in this place throughout the rest of the song was.
This I have always found strange. Is it because in casual spoken French they are dropping the 'ne' negative marker; so, instead of 'n'a plus' it is 'a plus' and you just have to know that?
context helps you distinguish you don't just know that, or else nobody would learn our beautiful language
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