Today, Ana was playing with a stick when she decided to break it.

[conuly]

And after she broke it she came running up and said "Connie! I broke my stick with using my hand!"

This might be a simple error like people make all the time - starting to say "with my hand" but deciding mid-word to go with "using my hand" instead - except that I feel certain I've heard her use the "with verbing" construction before, if not very recently.

I like it a lot, actually :)

Comments

[ancarett]

Probably she's getting it linked, in her mind, with the "by using" construction. But cool!

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if it's a back formation from without using my hand.

[ancarett]

Probably she's getting it linked, in her mind, with the "by using" construction. But cool!

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if it's a back formation from without using my hand.