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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham > >
> > Does it also neatly explain why Dutch, German and the
Scandinavian
> > languages do?
>
> Probably works in Western Romance as well - note the limitations on
> the fused infinitive + habe:re.
>
>
I should explain myself more clearly.
Ducth, German and the Scandinavian languages can nest modals (since
the modal verbs have an infinitive), eg
'zal kunnen ...', 'soll ... können', 'skal kunne ...' "must be able
to"
in contradiction of your theory.
In school, we are taught that the infinitive of
English 'must', 'will', 'can' is 'to have to', 'to be willing
to', 'to be able to'
Torsten
> Richard.