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Evolution of English and German
Posted by FredW on 2013-10-31 05:01:57
English also has a Present Continuous tense ("I am drinking a beer") which is also thought by some to be of Celtic origin. The use of "do" as Jimbo describes is a "semi-emphatic auxiliary verb" and I don't think formal German has an emphatic mood (but who knows about dialects)
 
 
Followups:
                                         Evolution of English and German by Nick B. on  2013-10-31 06:04:43
                                           Evolution of English and German by TreinJan on  2013-10-31 09:07:35
                                             Evolution of English and German by Nick B. on  2013-10-31 12:48:41
                                           Evolution of English and German by Uncle Jimbo on  2013-10-31 16:40:03
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