Exceptive constructions in 1772
John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams, wrote:
I wish myself at Braintree. This wandering, itinerating Life grows more and more disagreable to me. I want to see my Wife and Children every Day, I want to see my Grass and Blossoms and Corn, &c. every Day. I want to see my Workmen, nay I almost want to go and see the Bosse Calfs’s almost as often as Charles does. But above all except the Wife and Children I want to see my Books.
I’ve been collecting a bunch of them recently, actually. I’ll post more soon.
emma :: Jul.10.2008 :: semantics, linguistics :: No Comments »