User talk:Dextrase

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—RuakhTALK 18:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion

Hi,

Just so you know, I reverted your last edits at English personal pronouns, because it looked like you were just testing out the wiki markup. (?) If so, you might want to use Wikipedia:Sandbox instead; that's a space reserved for markup experiments. :-)

—RuakhTALK 19:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, please sign your comments on talk-pages only; please do not put your signature on article pages! —RuakhTALK 22:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English personal pronouns

Can you explain what bothers you about this text:

Historically, my comes from a reduction of mine, and well after the emergence of my, mine continued to be used instead of my before words beginning with vowel sounds. Similarly with thy and thine.

and what you find better in this text:

Historically, mine (originally mīn in OE) was eventually reduced to my. Similarly with thy and thine.

? I think it's important to give the information that not too long ago, the my/mine distinction was as today, except that mine was used instead of my before words beginning with vowel sounds. Hopefully we can find a compromise that will suit both of us.

—RuakhTALK 23:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm taking your lack of response to mean you've changed your mind. If that's not the case, please let me know (by replying here or at my talk-page, or bringing it up on the article's talk-page). —RuakhTALK 06:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)